Sensitivity of the association between increased lung cancer risk and bitumen fume exposure to the assumptions in the assessment of exposure

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 723-733

  de Vocht, Frank ^a,b,c   Burstyn, Igor ^d   Ferro, Gilles ^a   Olsson, Ann ^a   Hashibe, Mia ^a   Kromhout, Hans ^b   Boffetta, Paolo ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asphalt industry; Asphalt paving; Bitumen fume; Exposure assessment; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; COAL TAR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COHORT STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK;

EID: 67349157538     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-008-0373-6     Document Type: Article

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