Occupational exposure to diesel engine emissions and risk of lung cancer: Evidence from two case - Control studies in Montreal, Canada

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 787-792

  Pintos, Javier ^a   Parent, Marie Elise ^b   Richardson, Lesley ^a   Siemiatycki, Jack ^a,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESEL ENGINE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CANADA; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; SMOKING; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84867680903     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-100964     Document Type: Article

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