Cancer Attributable to Asbestos Exposure in Shipbreaking Workers: A Matched-Cohort Study.

Long-term follow-up studies of asbestos-related cancer in shipbreaking workers are lacking. This study examines the relationship between cancer incidence and asbestos exposure among former Taiwan shipbreaking workers.A total of 4,427 shipbreaking workers and 22,135 population-based matched controls...

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Main Authors: Wei-Te Wu, Yu-Jen Lin, Chung-Yi Li, Perng-Jy Tsai, Chun-Yuh Yang, Saou-Hsing Liou, Trong-Neng Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4507997?pdf=render