Respirable crystalline silica exposure-response evaluation of silicosis morbidity and lung cancer mortality in the german porcelain industry cohort

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 282-289

  Mundt, Kenneth A ^a   Birk, Thomas ^b   Parsons, William ^a   Borsch Galetke, Elisabeth ^c   Siegmund, Klaus ^c   Heavner, Karyn ^a   Guldner, Karlheinz ^d  

^a ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b ENVIRON Germany GmbH   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Verwaltungs Berufsgenossenschaft   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERAMIC INDUSTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SILICOSIS; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 79953049991     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31820c2bff     Document Type: Article

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