| Document ID (ISN) | 72155 |
| CIS number |
99-192 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1998 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Finkelstein M.M. |
| Title |
Radiographic silicosis and lung cancer risk among workers in Ontario |
| Bibliographic information |
Sep. 1998, Vol.34, No.3, p.244-251. Illus. 19 ref. |
| Abstract |
It is concluded on the basis of two North American studies of silica exposed workers that radiographic silicosis is a marker for an increased risk of lung cancer. Topics: Canada; radon; case-control study; chest radiography; confounding factors; long-term exposure; lung cancer; Ontario; opacities; pneumoconiosis; silica; silicosis; smoking. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
silica; lung cancer; chest radiography; silicosis; pneumoconiosis |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Canada; Ontario; radon; opacities; case-control study; confounding factors; long-term exposure; smoking |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Canada |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Radon
Pneumoconioses
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