Chrysotile asbestos is the main cause of pleural mesothelioma

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 252-266

  Smith, Allan H ^a   Wright, Catherine C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amphibole hypothesis; animal studies; asbestos; chrysotile; epidemiological studies; mesothelioma; Stanton hypothesis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; CHRYSOTILE;

CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; HUMAN; MESOTHELIOMA; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; META-ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RODENTIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029758151     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199609)30:3<252::AID-AJIM2>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Review

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