Stomach cancer mortality among workers exposed to asbestos: a meta-analysis

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1141-1149

  Peng, Wen jia ^a   Jia, Xian jie ^a   Wei, Bing gan ^b   Yang, Lin sheng ^b   Yu, Ying ^a   Zhang, Lei ^c  

^a BENGBU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Meta analysis; Standardized mortality rate; Stomach cancer

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CROCIDOLITE;

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WORKER; ASBESTOSIS; COMPLICATION; MALE; MANPOWER; MINING; MORTALITY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; WORK;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MINING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; WORK;

EID: 84929411390     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: 14321335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-014-1791-3     Document Type: Review

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