Asbestos exposure and ovarian fiber burden

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 435-439

  Heller, Debra S ^a   Gordon, Ronald E ^b   Westhoff, Carolyn ^a   Gerber, Susan ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

asbestos; environmental exposure; ovary; talc

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY DISEASE;

EID: 0029918712     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199605)29:5<435::AID-AJIM1>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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