Lung cancer and diesel exhaust: A critical review of the occupational epidemiology literature

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-244

  Gamble, John ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diesel; Diesel exhaust (DE); Diesel particulate mater (DPM); Epidemiology; Exposure response (E R); Latency; Lung cancer; Review

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIESEL FUEL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

CASE CONTROL STUDY; COAL WORKER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRIVER; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 76949097931     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408440903352818     Document Type: Review

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