Increased risk of lung cancer mortality among residents near an asbestos product manufacturing plant

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 268-278

  Kumagai, Shinji ^a   Kurumatani, Norio ^b   Tsuda, Toshihide ^c   Yorifuji, Takashi ^d   Suzuki, Etsuji ^d  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Hashima; Japan; Lung cancer; Mortality; Neighborhood exposures

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MATERIALS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASBESTOS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955704142     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2010.16.3.268     Document Type: Article

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