Lung cancer and elemental carbon exposure in trucking industry workers

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1301-1306

  Garshick, Eric ^a,b   Laden, Francine ^b,c   Hart, Jaime E ^b   Davis, Mary E ^c,d   Eisen, Ellen A ^c,e   Smith, Thomas J ^c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diesel exhaust; Elemental carbon; Lung cancer; Occupational exposure; Particulate matter; Traffic

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIESEL FUEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXHAUST GAS; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

RUMEX;

ADULT; AGED; CARBON; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTHY WORKER EFFECT; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84930473826     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1204989     Document Type: Article

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