Cancer mortality in a surveillance cohort of German males formerly exposed to asbestos

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-51

  Pesch, Beate ^a   Taeger, Dirk ^a   Johnen, Georg ^a   Gross, Isabelle M ^a   Weber, Daniel G ^a   Gube, Monika ^b   Müller Lux, Alice ^b   Heinze, Evelyn ^a   Wiethege, Thorsten ^a   Neumann, Volker ^a   Tannapfel, Andrea ^a   Raithel, Hans Jürgen ^c   Brüning, Thomas ^a   Kraus, Thomas ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Asbestosis; Lung cancer; Mesothelioma; Prospective cohort; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; FIBROSIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA TUMOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIBROSIS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 74149088595     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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