Variations of lung cancer risk from asbestos exposure: Impact on estimation of population attributable fraction

Industrial Health

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 128-133

  Moon, Eun Kyeong ^a   Son, Mia ^b   Jin, Young Woo ^c   Park, Sohee ^d   Lee, Won Jin ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Radiation and Medical Science   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asbestos exposure; Lung neoplasms; Meta analysis; Population attributable fraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874056781     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1350     Document Type: Article

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