Exposure-response relationship between lung cancer and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 740-746

  Armstrong, Ben G ^a   Gibbs, G ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Safety Health Environment International Consultants Corp   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BENZO[A]PYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

COCARCINOGENESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; QUEBEC; SMOKING;

EID: 71049153328     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.043711     Document Type: Article

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