Call for an international ban on asbestos

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 633-634

  Ramazzini, Collegium ^a  

^a International Headquarters ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER;

ASBESTOSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASBESTOS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0033401490     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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