Exposure-response analysis and risk assessment for lung cancer in relationship to silica exposure: A 44-year cohort study of 34,018workers

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1424-1433

  Liu, Yuewei ^a,c,d   Steenland, Kyle ^b,e   Rong, Yi ^a,c   Hnizdo, Eva ^f   Huang, Xiji ^a,c   Zhang, Hai ^a,c   Shi, Tingming ^d   Sun, Yi ^g   Wu, Tangchun ^a,c   Chen, Weihong ^a,c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Environment and Health   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^g INSTITUT FÜR ARBEITSSCHUTZ DER DEUTSCHEN GESETZLICHEN UNFALLVERSICHERUNG IFA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohort; Exposure response analysis; Lung cancer; Risk assessment; Silica; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; IRON; SILICON DIOXIDE; TUNGSTEN;

AGE CLASS; CANCER; CARCINOGEN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICA; SMOKING; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SILICOSIS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TREND STUDY; WORK; WORKER;

COHORT; EXPOSURE-RESPONSE ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICA; SILICOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; SMOKING;

CHINA;

EID: 84890023496     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt139     Document Type: Article

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