Increased lung cancer mortality among chrysotile asbestos textile workers is more strongly associated with exposure to long thin fibres

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 564-568

  Loomis, Dana ^a   Dement, John M ^b   Elliott, Leslie ^a   Richardson, David ^c   Kuempel, Eileen D ^d   Stayner, Leslie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOTILE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE WORKER;

ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILES; WORK;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84864089905     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-100676     Document Type: Article

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