Lung cancer incidence in Canadian petroleum workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 877-882

  Schnatter, A Robert ^a   Nicolich, Mark J ^a,b   Lewis, R Jeffrey ^a   Thompson, F Lorri ^c   Dineen, Heather K ^d   Drummond, Ian ^c,e   Dahlman, Diane ^c   Katz, Arnold M ^c   Thériault, Gilles ^f  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b Cogimet ^*  (United States)

^c Imperial Oil Ltd Resources Limited   (Canada)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIFE TABLE METHOD; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASBESTOS; CANADA; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DUST; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PETROLEUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING;

EID: 84870057621     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100641     Document Type: Article

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