The diesel exhaust in miners study: A cohort mortality study with emphasis on lung cancer

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 869-883

  Attfield, Michael D ^b   Schleiff, Patricia L ^a,d   Lubin, Jay H ^c   Blair, Aaron ^c   Stewart, Patricia A ^c   Vermeulen, Roel ^c,e   Coble, Joseph B ^f   Silverman, Debra T ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b ERS Inc   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Stewart Exposure Assessments LLC   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MINER; PANCREAS CANCER; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO;

EID: 84859795170     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djs035     Document Type: Article

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