Malignant mesothelioma in Japan: Analysis of registered autopsy cases

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 84-88

  Murai, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Asbestosis; Histological cell type; Malignant mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; AUTOPSY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PERICARDIUM; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTIS CANCER; TUNICA VAGINALIS;

EID: 0035099901     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890109604058     Document Type: Article

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