Cancer incidence among women and girls environmentally and occupationally exposed to blue asbestos at Wittenoom, Western Australia

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2337-2344

  Reid, Alison ^a   Heyworth, Jane ^a   De Klerk, Nicholas H ^a,b   Musk, Bill ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Cancer incidence; Women

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CROCIDOLITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESOTHELIOMA; MINER; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 42149158227     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23331     Document Type: Article

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