Asbestos related diseases from environmental exposure to crocidolite in Da-yao, China. I. Review of exposure and epidemiological data

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-41

  Luo, S ^a   Liu, X ^a   Mu, S ^a   Tsai, S P ^a   Wen, C P ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CROCIDOLITE;

ADULT; ASBESTOSIS; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA PLAQUE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURAL DISEASES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL;

EID: 0037232771     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.1.35     Document Type: Review

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