Cancer morbidity and quartz exposure in Swedish iron foundries

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 499-507

  Westberg, Håkan ^a,b   Andersson, Lena ^a,b   Bryngelsson, Ing Liss ^a   Ngo, Yen ^c   Ohlson, Carl Göran ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Lung cancer; Occupational exposure; Respirable silica; Smoking habits

Indexed keywords

IRON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METALLURGY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRON; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METALLURGY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUARTZ; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879117891     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-012-0782-4     Document Type: Article

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