Absence of radiographic asbestosis and the risk of lung cancer among asbestos-cement workers: Extended follow-up of a cohort

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1065-1069

  Finkelstein, Murray M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asbestosis; Cohort study; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; BUILDING MATERIAL; CANADA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK; SMOKING; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CANADA; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77958488647     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20881     Document Type: Article

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