Health and exposure surveillance of Siberian asbestos miners: A joint Finnish-American-Russian project

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 142-144

  A Tossavainen, D Techn ^a   Riala, R ^a   Zitting, A ^a   Parker, J ^b   Jones, W ^b   Groce, D ^b   Izmerov, N ^c   Elovskaya, L ^c   Kovalevsky, E ^c   Burmistrova, T ^c   Domnin, S ^d   Scherbakov, S ^d   Kachansky, S ^d  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^d The Ekaterinburg Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Asbestos exposure; Chrysotile; Occupational health and safety; Tissue analyses; Work environment; X ray examinations

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RADIOGRAPHY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RISK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ASBESTOSIS; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MASS CHEST X-RAY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK; SIBERIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344500861     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199909)36:1+<142::aid-ajim50>3.0.co;2-r     Document Type: Conference Paper

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