Explaining Alberta's rising mesothelioma rates

Chronic Diseases in Canada

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 144-152

  Cree, Marilyn ^a   Lalji, M ^a   Jiang, B ^a   Carriere, K C ^b   Beach, J ^b   Kamruzzaman, A ^a,b  

^a ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Incidence; Mesothelioma; Pleural neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; ASBESTOS; COHORT EFFECT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 67649617320     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: 14818523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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