Carbon black and lung cancer-testing a novel exposure metric by multi-model inference

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 890-899

  Morfeld, Peter ^a,b   McCunney, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Institute for Occupational Epidemiology and Risk Assessment   (Germany)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon black; Cohort study; Lugging; Lung cancer; Multi model approach

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON BLACK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; GERMANY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; GERMANY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOOT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350221993     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20754     Document Type: Article

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