Lung cancer and occupational exposures other than cotton dust and endotoxin among women textile workers in Shanghai, China

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 425-429

  Checkoway, Harvey ^a   Ray, R M ^b   Lundin, J I ^a   Astrakianakis, G ^c   Seixas, N S ^a   Camp, J E ^a   Wernli, K J ^d   Fitzgibbons, E D ^d   Li, W ^a,b   Feng, Z ^b   Gao, D L ^e   Thomas, D B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; CAUSTIC AGENT; DYE; ENDOTOXIN; FORMALDEHYDE; LUBRICATING AGENT; METAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COTTON DUST; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILK; SYNTHETIC FIBER; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE WORKER; WOOL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; COTTON FIBER; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SMOKING; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TIME FACTORS;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 79955949488     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.059519     Document Type: Article

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