Comparison of exposure assessment methods in a lung cancer case-control study: Performance of a lifelong task-based questionnaire for asbestos and PAHs

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 884-891

  Bourgkard, Eve ^a   Wild, Pascal ^a,b   Gonzalez, Maria ^c   Févotte, Joëlle ^d   Penven, Emmanuelle ^b   Paris, Christophe ^b,e  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^d University Lyon   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK BASED QUESTIONNAIRE;

LUNG CANCER < ORGAN SYSTEM, DISEASE, DISEASE TYPE; TASK-BASED EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT < METHODOLOGY, SPECIALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; CARCINOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 84887625458     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101467     Document Type: Article

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