Potency factors for risk assessment at Libby, Montana

Risk Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1240-1248

  Moolgavkar, Suresh H ^a,b   Turim, Jay ^a   Alexander, Dominik D ^a   Lau, Edmund C ^a   Cushing, Colleen A ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; asbestos; lung cancer; mesothelioma; nonmalignant respiratory disease; vermiculite

Indexed keywords

ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY; LUNG CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; VERMICULITE;

ASBESTOS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CLAY MINERALS; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TUMORS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; VERMICULITE;

ASBESTOS; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; MINING INDUSTRY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERMICULITE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ALUMINUM SILICATES; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MONTANA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

LIBBY; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955908200     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01411.x     Document Type: Article

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