Mesothelioma risk after 40 years since first exposure to asbestos: A pooled analysis

Thorax

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 843-850

  Reid, A ^a   De Klerk, N H ^b,c   Magnani, C ^d   Ferrante, D ^d   Berry, G ^e   Musk, A W ^b   Merler, E ^f  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f Padua Local Health Authority   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; ETERNIT WORKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY STOCK WORKER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WITTENOOM WORKER; WORKER;

ASBESTOS; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; TIME SINCE FIRST EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ITALY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905984749     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204161     Document Type: Article

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