A retrospective cohort study of cancer mortality in employees of a Russian chrysotile asbestos mine and mills: Study rationale and key features

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 440-445

  Schuz J ^a   Schonfeld, S J ^a   Kromhout, H ^b   Straif, K ^a   Kashanskiy, S V ^c   Kovalevskiy, E V ^d   Bukhtiyarov, I V ^d   McCormack, V ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c The Ekaterinburg Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers   (Russian Federation)

^d IZMEROV RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Chrysotile; Lung cancer; Mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE;

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; DUST EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; MINING; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MINING; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUSSIA;

EID: 84878950231     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2013.03.001     Document Type: Note

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