title: Theory (or model) of the joint influence of occupational exposure to carcinogenic dust and to cigarette smoke and occupational lung cancer.
abstract: The model seeks to explain the substantial number of occupational health studies that find that the relative risk for lung cancer for exposed versus unexposed smokers is less than the relative risk for exposed versus unexposed non or never smokers.
authors.affiliation: Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Sterling
mesh_terms: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004391:Dust / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology*; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D002273:Carcinogens; D004391:Dust; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution