Major histopathological patterns of lung cancer related to arsenic exposure in German uranium miners

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 867-875

  Taeger, Dirk ^a,g   Johnen, Georg ^a   Wiethege, Thorsten ^a   Tapio, Soile ^b,c   Möhner, Matthias ^d   Wesch, Horst ^e   Tannapfel, Andrea ^f   Müller, Klaus Michael ^f   Bröning, Thomas ^a   Pesch, Beate ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^g INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Histology; Lung cancer; Silicosis; Uranium mining

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; RADON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERMANY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINER; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SILICOSIS; URANIUM MINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ARSENICALS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DUST; GERMANY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUARTZ; RADON; SILICOSIS; URANIUM;

EID: 67649316342     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-008-0386-1     Document Type: Article

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