Lung cancer and exposure to quartz and diesel exhaust in Swedish iron ore miners with concurrent exposure to radon

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 513-518

  Bergdahl, Ingvar A ^a   Jonsson, Håkan ^a   Eriksson, Kåre ^a   Damber, Lena ^a   Järvholm, Bengt ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; IRON; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MINING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUARTZ; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 77955620008     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.047456     Document Type: Article

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