Apportionment in asbestos-related disease for purposes of compensation

Industrial Health

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 295-311

  Guidotti, Tee L ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apportionment; Asbestos; Asbestosis; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Epidemiology; Equity; Exposure assessment; Lung cancer; Mesothelioma; Occupational history; Pleural plaques; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0036808815     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.40.295     Document Type: Review

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