Occupational exposure to silica and lung cancer risk in the Netherlands

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 657-663

  Preller, Liesbeth ^a   Van Den Bosch, Linda M C ^a   Van Den Brandt, Piet A ^b   Kauppinen, T ^c   Goldbohm, R Alexandra ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

AGED; ASBESTOS; CARCINOGENS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 77956940200     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.046326     Document Type: Article

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