Response to: 'Dose-time-response association between occupational asbestos exposure and pleural mesothelioma' by Lacourt et al

Occup Environ Med. 2018 Feb;75(2):160. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2017-104570. Epub 2017 Aug 20.

Authors

Paolo Boffetta¹, Enrico Pira², Canzio Romano², Francesco Saverio Violante³, Andrea Farioli³, Carlo Zocchetti⁴, Carlo La Vecchia⁵

Affiliations

¹ Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
² Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
³ Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Bologna University, Bologna, Italy.
⁴ Ricerche e Studi in Sanità e Salute (ReSiSS), Gallarate, Varese, Italy.
⁵ Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Milan University, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 28823988
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2017-104570

No abstract available

Keywords: Asbestos; Bias; Case-control Study.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Asbestos*
Humans
Lung Neoplasms*
Mesothelioma*
Pleural Neoplasms*

Substances

Asbestos