Comparison of occupational exposure assessment methods in a case-control study of lead, genetic susceptibility and risk of adult brain tumours

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-9

  Bhatti, Parveen ^a   Stewart, Patricia A ^b   Linet, Martha S ^c   Blair, Aaron ^c   Inskip, Peter D ^c   Rajaraman, Preetha ^c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b Stewart Exposure Assessments LLC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ALAD GENE; ALAD1 GENE; ALAD2 GENE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; LEAD; MENINGIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE;

EID: 78651386907     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.048132     Document Type: Article

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