Carbon black and lung cancer: Testing a new exposure metric in a German cohort

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 565-567

  Morfeld, Peter ^a,b   McCunney, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b RAG Mining Solutions GmbH   (Germany)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon black; Epidemiology; Exposure metric; Lung cancer; SMR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; GERMANY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SOOT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547756414     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20491     Document Type: Article

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