Risk of lung cancer associated with six types of chlorinated solvents: Results from two case-control studies in Montreal, Canada

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 81-85

  Vizcaya, David ^a   Christensen, Krista Yorita ^a   Lavoué, Jérôme ^a   Siemiatycki, Jack ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ALKENE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLORINE; CHLOROFORM; DICHLOROMETHANE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOLVENTS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 84872800870     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-101155     Document Type: Article

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