Re: Exposure to beryllium and occurrence of lung cancer: A reexamination of findings from a nested case-control study [2]

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 708-709

  Schubauer Berigan, Mary K ^a   Deddens, James A ^a   Petersen, Martin R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; CARCINOGEN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGLINEAR MODEL; LUNG CANCER; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOBACCO; VALIDITY;

AGED; BERYLLIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447325944     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3180d09e9c     Document Type: Letter

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