A case control study of lung cancer and exposure to chrysotile and amphibole at a Slovenian asbestos-cement plant

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 261-268

  Dodic Fikfak M ^a   Kriebel, D ^b   Quinn, M M ^b   Eisen, E A ^c   Wegman, D H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibole theory; Amphiboles; Asbestos; Chrysotile; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; ONCOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASES; ASBESTOS CEMENT; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASES; SERPENTINE;

AMPHIBOLE THEORY; AMPHIBOLES; ARITHMETIC MEAN; CHRYSOTILE;

ASBESTOS;

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; CARCINOGEN;

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEMENT INDUSTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SLOVENIA; WORKER; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TIME;

ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; CARCINOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOVENIA; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

AMPHIBOLE THEORY; AMPHIBOLES; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CHRYSOTILE; CHRYSOTILE ASBESTOS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CUMULATIVE EXPOSURES; LUNG CANCER;

EID: 34447523713     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mem003     Document Type: Article

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