Aerodigestive and gastrointestinal tract cancers and exposure to Crocidolite (Blue asbestos): Incidence and mortality among former Crocidolite workers

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 757-761

  Reid, Alison ^a   Ambrosini, Gina ^a   De Klerk, Nicholas ^a   Fritschi, Lin ^a   Musk, Bill ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Cancer; Crocidolite; Smoking; Wittenoom

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CROCIDOLITE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LIP CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; MOUTH CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; TONGUE CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 4043157824     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20313     Document Type: Article

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