Professional drivers and lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 831-836

  Tsoi, Chi Tak ^a   Tse, Lap Ah ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRIVER; EMPLOYMENT; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DRIVER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84867699631     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-100666     Document Type: Review

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