Association between World Trade Center exposure and excess cancer risk

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2479-2488

  Li, Jiehui ^a   Cone, James E ^a   Kahn, Amy R ^b   Brackbill, Robert M ^a   Farfel, Mark R ^a   Greene, Carolyn M ^a   Hadler, James L ^a   Stayner, Leslie T ^c   Stellman, Steven D ^a,d  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE RATE DIFFERENCE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; THYROID CANCER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871339516     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.110980     Document Type: Article

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