Occupational exposure to asbestos and man-made vitreous fibres and risk of lung cancer: A multicentre case-control study in Europe

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 502-508

  Carel, Rafael ^a,b   Olsson, Ann C ^a,c   Zaridze, David ^d   Szeszenia Dabrowska, Neonila ^e   Rudnai, Peter ^f   Lissowska, Jolanta ^g   Fabianova, Eleonora ^h   Cassidy, Adrian ⁱ   Mates, Dana ^j   Bencko, Vladimir ^k   Foretova, Lenka ^l   Janout, Vladimir ^m   Fevotte, Joelle ⁿ   Fletcher, Tony ^o   'T Mannetje, Andrea ^a,p   Brennan, Paul ^a   Boffetta, Paolo ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Chemotherapy Department   (Russian Federation)

^e NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^g INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^h Specialized State Health Institute   (Slovakia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^j Institute of Hygiene Public Health Health Services and Management   (Romania)

^k CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^l MASARYK MEMORIAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^m PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^o LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^p MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 34547556556     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.027748     Document Type: Article

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