Exposure-specific lung cancer risks in Chinese chrysotile textile workers and mining workers

Lung Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 119-124

  Wang, Xiaorong ^a   Lin, Sihao ^a   Yano, Eiji ^b   Yu, Ignatius T S ^a   Courtice, Midori ^a   Lan, Yajia ^c   Christiani, David C ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chrysotile asbestos; Comparison; Different industrial workers; Lung cancer mortality; Mining workers; Textile workers

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; TEXTILE WORKER; WORKSHOP; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MINING; MORTALITY; RISK; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ADULT; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 84904120634     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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