Occupational exposure to diesel and gasoline emissions and lung cancer in Canadian men

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 727-735

  Villeneuve, Paul J ^a,b   Parent, Marie Élise ^c   Sahni, Vanita ^d   Johnson, Kenneth C ^d  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case control study; Diesel; Gasoline; Lung cancer; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CIGARETTE SMOKE; DIESEL FUEL; GASOLINE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CANCER; CARCINOGEN; DIESEL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXHAUST EMISSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG SARCOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION; CANADA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GASOLINE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 79958284564     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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