Silica: A lung carcinogen

CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-69

  Steenland, Kyle ^a   Ward, Elizabeth ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

lung cancer; occupation; silica; silicosis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOGENICITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICOSIS;

LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATION; SILICA; SILICOSIS;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84892779889     PISSN: 00079235     EISSN: 15424863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3322/caac.21214     Document Type: Article

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