The opinion of the Italian Society of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene (SIMLII) on silica-exposure and lung cancer risk

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 336-342

  Piolatto, G ^a,b   Pira, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Traumatologia Ortopedia e Medicina del Lavoro   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Silica; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG TUMOR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

HUMANS; ITALY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; RISK FACTORS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 80051716137     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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