Pleural plaques: Incidence and epidemiology, exposed workers and the general population: A review

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 86-95

  Hillerdal, Gunnar ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asbestos exposure; Domestic exposure; Environmental exposure; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002454586     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X9700600206     Document Type: Article

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