Summary of retrospective asbestos and welding fume exposure estimates for a nuclear naval shipyard and their correlation with radiation exposure estimates

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 404-414

  Zaebst, Dennis D ^a   Seel, E A ^a   Yiin, J H ^a   Nowlin, S J ^a   Chen, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Confounding; Exposure assessment; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHROMIUM; IRON OXIDE; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHIPYARD WORKER; WELDING FUME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HISTORY; LUNG TUMOR; POLLUTANT; RADIATION MONITORING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIP; WELDING;

ASBESTOS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMIUM; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIPS; WELDING;

EID: 67649708274     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620902922573     Document Type: Article

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