Erratum: Estimating the asbestos-related lung cancer burden from mesothelioma mortality (British Journal of Cancer (2012) 106 (575-584) DOI:10.1038/bjc.2011.563);Estimating the asbestos-related lung cancer burden from mesothelioma mortality

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 575-584

  McCormack, V ^a   Peto, J ^b   Byrnes, G ^a   Straif, K ^a   Boffetta, P ^c,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Chrysotile; Lung cancer; Mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

AMOSITE; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84856527766     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.616     Document Type: Erratum

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