Identification of occupational cancer risk in British Columbia: A population-based case-control study of 2,998 lung cancers by histopathological subtype

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-232

  MacArthur, Amy C ^a,b,c   Le, Nhu D ^a   Fang, Raymond ^a   Band, Pierre R ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Histopathological subtypes; Lung cancer; Occupational risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 61849161097     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20663     Document Type: Article

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