Mortality from cancer and other causes in the Balangero cohort of chrysotile asbestos miners

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 805-809

  Pira, E ^a   Pelucchi, Claudio ^b   Piolatto, P G ^a   Negri, E ^b   Bilei, T ^a   La Vecchia, C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOTILE;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERITONEUM CANCER; PLEURA CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PLEURA TUMOR; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73449141867     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.044693     Document Type: Article

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