Effect of mustard gas exposure on incidence of lung cancer: A longitudinal study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 659-666

  Doi, Mihoko ^a   Hattori, Noboru ^a   Yokoyama, Akihito ^a   Onari, Yojiro ^a   Kanehara, Masashi ^a   Masuda, Kenji ^a   Tonda, Tetsuji ^a   Ohtaki, Megu ^a   Kohno, Nobuoki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinogens; Cohort studies; Inhalation exposure; Lung neoplasms; Mustard gas

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYLCYANARSINE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; LEWISITE; MUSTARD GAS; PHENACYL CHLORIDE; PHOSGENE; TOXIC GAS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE CLASS; AGING; CANCER; CARCINOGEN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GAS INDUSTRY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STOCHASTICITY; SULFUR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WAR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RISK; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; CANCER RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; JAPAN;

AGE FACTORS; ARSENICALS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MUSTARD GAS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

CHUGOKU; HIROSHIMA [CHUGOKU]; HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 79954600439     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq426     Document Type: Article

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