Estimating the incidence of lung cancer attributable to occupational exposure in Iran

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mosavi Jarrahi, Alireza ^a,b   Mohagheghi, Mohammadali ^b   Kalaghchi, Bita ^b   Mousavi Jarrahi, Yasaman ^c   Noori, Mohammad Kazem ^d  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d The Bureau of Development and Renovation Organization of Mine and Mineral Industries   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; NICKEL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUME; HUMAN; IRAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 66949157259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-7-7     Document Type: Article

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