Asbestos-related pleural disease in Western Australian gold-miners

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 263-265

  Lee, Y C Gary ^a   De Klerk, Nicholas H ^b   Musk, A William ^a,b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER; GOLD;

ADULT; AGED; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA PLAQUE;

EID: 0033559303     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb127749.x     Document Type: Article

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