Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Mortality from lung cancer among Sardinian patients with silicosis

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Mortality from lung cancer among Sardinian patients with silicosis / Plinio Carta, Pier Luigi Cocco, Duilio Casula

Sumario: This study found a non-significant 10% excess of lung cancer mortality in a 14 year follow up of a cohort of Sardinian subjects with silicosis, a significant excess of deaths from lung cancer was found, independently of the severity of silicosis, only among smokers and patients with airways obstruction. The present paper extends this follow up study to 31 december 1987 and investigates the association between lung cancer and several risk factors using a nested case-control approach

En: British journal of industrial medicine. - London and Margate. - nº 2, February 1991 ; p. 122-129

1. Medicina laboral . 2. Epidemiología . 3. Enfermedades profesionales . 4. Enfermedades pulmonares . 5. Polvo de sílice . 6. Silicosis . 7. Cáncer . 8. Mortalidad . 9. Estudios . 10. Italia . I. Cocco, Pier Luigi . II. Casula, Duilio . III. Título. IV. Título: British journal of industrial medicine.