A risk assessment for exposure to grunerite asbestos (amosite) in an iron ore mine

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3412-3419

  Nolan, R P ^a   Langer, A M ^a   Wilson, Richard ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOSITE; ASBESTOS; CROCIDOLITE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0033616578     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.7.3412     Document Type: Article

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