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Prevalence of occupational exposure to asbestos and crystalline silica according to phenotypes of lung cancer from the CaProMat study: A case-only study.
American journal of industrial medicine - 1 Jan 2018
El Zoghbi Mohamad, Salameh Pascale, Stücker Isabelle, Paris Christophe, Pairon Jean C, Gislard Antoine, Siemiatycki Jack, Bonneterre Vincent, Clin Bénédicte, Brochard Patrick, Delva Fleur, Lacourt Aude
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BACKGROUND: The objective of the study was to compare the prevalence of occupational exposure to asbestos and crystalline silica according to histological types of lung cancer and age at diagnosis. METHODS: CaProMat study is a pooled case-only study conducted between 1996 and 2011. The current study consisted of 6521 lung cancer cases. Occupational exposure to asbestos and crystalline silica was assessed by two...
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