A population-based case-control study on lung cancer was conducted in 2 industrialized areas of northern Italy. Cases (126) were all males who died from lung cancer between 1976 and 1980. Controls (384) were a random sample of males dying from other causes during the same period. Jobs held during wo
Occupational exposure and lung cancer risk in a coastal area of Northeastern Italy
β Scribed by Massimo Bovenzi; Giorgio Stanta; Gianluigi Antiga; Paolo Peruzzo; Furio Cavallieri
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 679 KB
- Volume
- 65
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-0131
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