Lung cancer risk in painters: A meta-analysis

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-312

  Guha, Neela ^a   Merletti, Franco ^b   Steenland, Nelson Kyle ^c   Altieri, Andrea ^d   Cogliano, Vincent ^a   Straif, Kurt ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Lung cancer; Meta analysis; Painter

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAINTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PAINT; PAINTINGS; RISK;

EID: 77649225602     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901402     Document Type: Review

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