Asbestos, asbestosis, smoking, and lung cancer: New findings from the north american insulator cohort

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-96

  Markowitz, Steven B ^a   Levin, Stephen M ^b   Miller, Albert ^a   Morabia, Alfredo ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Asbestosis; Interaction; Lung cancer; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880153256     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201302-0257OC     Document Type: Article

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