Asbestos-related deaths

Current Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 373-383

  Attanoos, Richard L ^a   Gibbs, A R ^a  

^a LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Asbestosis; Lung cancer; Malignant mesothelioma; Plaques

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ASBESTOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MINERALOGY;

EID: 0036898662     PISSN: 09686053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/cdip.2002.0141     Document Type: Conference Paper

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