Asbestos-related disorders: A realistic perspective

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1424-1426

  Rosenberg, David M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b Univercity Hlth Ctr at Landerbrook   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030964332     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.5.1424     Document Type: Article

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