Cancer mortality among Chinese chrysotile asbestos textile workers

Lung Cancer

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-155

  Wang, X R ^a   Yu, I T S ^a   Qiu, H ^a   Wang, M Z ^b   Lan, Y J ^b   Tse, L Y ^a   Yano, E ^c   Christiani, D C ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese workers; Chrysotile asbestos; Cohort study; Lung cancer; Mortality; Occupational cancer; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOTILE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHINA; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TEXTILE WORKER;

ADULT; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; CHINA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 84855455843     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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