The two-stage clonal expansion model in occupational cancer epidemiology: Results from three cohort studies

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 618-624

  Zeka, Ariana ^a,b   Gore, Rebecca ^a   Kriebel, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEXTILE WORKER;

ASBESTOS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METALLURGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 79960094053     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.053983     Document Type: Article

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