Risk of gastrointestinal cancers from inhalation and ingestion of asbestos

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Gamble, John ^a  

^a International Environmental Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Colon cancer; Colorectal cancer; Gastrointestinal cancers; Ingestion; Lung cancer; Mesothelioma; Rectal cancer; Review; Stomach cancer

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INGESTION; LUNG CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; STOMACH CANCER;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; EATING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDLINE; MESOTHELIOMA; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 54449092335     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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