Asbestos exposure, asbestosis, and asbestos-attributable lung cancer

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1996, Pages

  Jones, Robert N ^a   Hughes, Janet M ^a   Weill, Hans ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ANIMAL; ASBESTOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TUMOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK;

ANIMALS; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PULMONARY FIBROSIS;

EID: 0030207736     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.suppl_2.s9     Document Type: Article

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