Estimating the asbestos-related lung cancer burden from mesothelioma mortality
Estimating the asbestos-related lung cancer burden from mesothelioma mortality
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McCormack, V , Peto, J , Byrnes, G , Straif, K and Boffetta, P
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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English
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Background:
Quantifying the asbestos-related lung cancer burden is difficult in the presence of this disease's multiple causes. We explore two methods to estimate this burden using mesothelioma deaths as a proxy for asbestos exposure.
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From the follow-up of 55 asbestos cohorts, we estimated ratios of (i) absolute number of asbestos...
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Estimating the asbestos-related lung cancer burden from mesothelioma mortality
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3273352
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3273352
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0007-0920,0167-6806
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1532-1827,1573-7217
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10.1038/bjc.2011.563
