A 37-year observation of mortality in Chinese chrysotile asbestos workers

Thorax

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-110

  Wang, Xiaorong ^a   Yano, Eiji ^b   Qiu, Hong ^a   Yu, Ignatius ^a   Courtice, Midori N ^a   Tse, L A ^a   Lin, Sihao ^a   Wang, Mianzhen ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOTILE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84856031932     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200169     Document Type: Article

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