Future trends of mesothelioma mortality in Japan based on a risk function

Industrial Health

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 197-204

  Myojin, Tomoya ^a   Azuma, Kenichi ^b   Okumura, Jiro ^b   Uchiyama, Iwao ^c  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Exposure; Mesothelioma; Mortality; Risk function

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MESOTHELIOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863470981     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1184     Document Type: Article

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