Mesothelioma surveillance to locate sources of exposure to asbestos

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 163-168

  Teschke, Kay ^a   Morgan, Michael S ^b   Checkoway, Harvey ^b   Franklin, Gary ^b   Spinelli, John J ^a   Van Belle, Gerald ^b   Weiss, Noel S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CANADA; HUMAN; MESOTHELIOMA; MINER; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0030743661     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403881     Document Type: Article

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