Asbestos-related occupational cancers compensated under the industrial accident compensation insurance in Korea

Industrial Health

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-122

  Ahn, Yeon Soon ^a   Kang, Seong Kyu ^b  

^a Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Lung cancer; Mesothelioma; Worker's compensation

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KOREA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MESOTHELIOMA; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; SHIPYARD WORKER; TEXTILE WORKER; WELFARE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KOREA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MESOTHELIOMA; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SHIPS; SMOKING; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 65449180346     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.47.113     Document Type: Article

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