Cancer incidence in Czech black coal miners in association with coalworkers' pneumoconiosis

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-144

  Tomaskova, Hana ^a,b   Jirak, Zdenek ^a   Splichalova, Anna ^a,b   Urban, Pavel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^b Zdravotniho ustavu se sidlem v Ostrave   (Czech Republic)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Black coal miners; Cancer incidence; Coalworkers' pneumoconiosis; Lung cancer; Silica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHRACOSIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; COAL MINING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON TUMOR; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS; STOMACH TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHRACOSIS; CAUSALITY; COAL MINING; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; CZECH REPUBLIC; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84864031100     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/S13382-012-0015-9     Document Type: Article

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