Silica dust and lung cancer in the German stone, quarrying, and ceramics industries: results of a case-control study

Ulm, Kurt; Waschulzik, B; Ehnes, H.; Guldner, Karlheinz; Thomasson, B; Schwebig, Arnd; Nuss, Henry

doi:10.1136/thx.54.4.347

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Silica dust and lung cancer in the German stone, quarrying, and ceramics industries: results of a case-control study

Published in Thorax • Apr 1, 1999

Authors:

Kurt Ulm

B Waschulzik

H. Ehnes

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A work force based case-control study of lung cancer was performed in non-silicotic subjects exposed to crystalline silica to investigate the association between silica dust and lung cancer excluding the influence of silicosis. METHODS: Two hundred and forty seven patients with lung canc...

Subject

Silicosis

Medicine

Lung cancer

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