Lung cancer risk among construction workers in California, 1988-2007

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 412-422

  Calvert, Geoffrey M ^a   Luckhaupt, Sara ^a   Lee, Soo Jeong ^b   Cress, Rosemary ^c   Schumacher, Pam ^a   Shen, Rui ^a   Tak, Sangwoo ^a   Deapen, Dennis ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Cancer Surveillance Section   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Construction; Laborer; Lung; Occupational; Race; Roofer; Surveillance; Welder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REGISTER; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862831733     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22010     Document Type: Article

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