New views on the hypothesis of respiratory cancer risk from soluble nickel exposure; And reconsideration of this risk's historical sources in nickel refineries

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Heller, James G ^a,b,c   Thornhill, Philip G ^c   Conard, Bruce R ^d,e  

^a James G Heller Consulting Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Falconbridge Limited   (Canada)

^d Smelter Tech Services Inco Ltd   (Canada)

^e BR Conard Consulting Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN; NICKEL; NICKEL COMPLEX; SULFURIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELECTROLYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; JOB EXPERIENCE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOSE CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; RAT; RISK FACTOR; TOPOGRAPHY; TOXICOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY; WORKPLACE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349243223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-4-23     Document Type: Article

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