Familial aggregation of malignant mesothelioma in former workers and residents of Wittenoom, Western Australia

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1423-1428

  De Klerk, Nicholas ^a,g   Alfonso, Helman ^b   Olsen, Nola ^a,c   Reid, Alison ^d   Sleith, Jan ^a   Palmer, Lyle ^e   Berry, Geoffrey ^f   Musk, A W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

asbestos; cohort study; familial risk; mesothelioma; risk modelling

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CROCIDOLITE;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; WEIBULL SURVIVAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84872982029     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27758     Document Type: Article

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