Letters to the editor: The quantitative risks of mesothelioma and lung cancer in relation to asbestos exposure: The Wittenoom data

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 127-128

  Rogers, Alan ^a   Major, Gershom ^b  

^a Alan Rogers OH and S Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; CROCIDOLITE; ASBESTOS;

HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MESOTHELIOMA; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; AIR SAMPLING; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; CARCINOGENS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0038064480     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mef002     Document Type: Letter

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