Exposure to man-made mineral fibres - An attempt to summarise the available information on potential health risks;Exposition gegenüber künstlichen mineralfasern: Versuch einer zusammenfassung der verfügbaren informationen zu möglichen gesundheitsrisiken

Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 197-201

  Class, Philip ^a   Brown, R C ^b  

^a Thermal Ceramics de France   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; MINERAL FIBER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CERAMICS; DUST; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; INDUSTRY; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TUMOR; MATERIALS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MESOTHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARTICLE SIZE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036590885     PISSN: 09498036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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