Occupational exposure to rock wool and glass wool and risk of cancers of the lung and the head and neck: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1075-1087

  Lipworth, Loren ^a,b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^c,d   Bosetti, Cristina ^c   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOBACCO; WOOL;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL FIBERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349671627     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181b35125     Document Type: Article

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