Lung cancer risk associated with occupational exposure to nickel, chromium vi, and cadmium in two population-based case-control studies in Montreal

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 476-485

  Beveridge, Rachelle ^a   Pintos, Javier ^b,c   Parent, Marie Élise ^a,b,c   Asselin, Jérome ^b   Siemiatycki, Jack ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Case control; Chromium; Lung cancer; Lung neoplasms; Metals; Nickel; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951440874     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20801     Document Type: Article

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