Exposure assessment and modeling of quartz in swedish iron foundries for a nested case-control study on lung cancer

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 110-119

  Andersson, Lena ^a,b   Bryngelsson, Ing Liss ^a   Ngo, Yen ^c   Ohlson, Carl Gran ^a,b   Westberg, Hkan ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

exposure modeling; iron foundry; lung cancer; quartz

Indexed keywords

IRON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; IRON; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUARTZ; SWEDEN;

EID: 84860878860     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2011.645397     Document Type: Article

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