Asbestos-related morbidity in India

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-253

  Joshi, Tushar Kant ^a   Gupta, Rohit K ^b  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asbestos; Ban asbestos; BANI; Chrysotile

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN;

CANCER RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LAW; MINING; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPAGANDA; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MANAGEMENT;

ASBESTOS; CANADA; CARCINOGENS; COMMERCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INDIA; MINING; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 0142228226     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2003.9.3.249     Document Type: Review

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