Journal article
Asbestos‐associated cancers in the Ontario refinery and petrochemical sector
Abstract
Asbestos has been widely used in the refinery and petrochemical sector. Mesothelioma has occurred among maintenance employees, and it was hypothesized that mesothelioma is a marker for exposures which might increase lung cancer risk. A death certificate-based case-control study of mesothelioma and lung cancer from 1980 to 1992 was conducted in an Ontario county with a substantial presence of these industries. Each of the 17 men who died of …
Authors
Finkelstein MM
Journal
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 610–615
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
11 1996
DOI
10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199611)30:5<610::aid-ajim9>3.0.co;2-w
ISSN
0271-3586