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Estimating the asbestos-related lung cancer burden from mesothelioma mortality

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. METHODS: From the follow-up of 55 asbestos cohorts, we estim...

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Autores principales: McCormack, V, Peto, J, Byrnes, G, Straif, K, Boffetta, P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3273352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22233924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2011.563

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