Cadmium and lung cancer mortality accounting for simultaneous arsenic exposure

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 303-309

  Park, Robert M ^a   Stayner, Leslie T ^a,b   Petersen, Martin R ^a   Finley Couch, Melissa ^a,c   Hornung, Richard ^d   Rice, Carol ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Patheon Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO;

ADULT; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859821281     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100149     Document Type: Article

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