The art of perpetuating a public health hazard

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-144

  Greenberg, Morris ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE;

ASBESTOSIS; CANADA; CARCINOGENICITY; DISABILITY; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ITALY; LETHALITY; LUNG CANCER; MINER; MINING; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; TEXTILE WORKER; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; ASBESTOSIS; CANADA; DECEPTION; EUROPE; HUMANS; MINING; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13644258982     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000152921.94835.f3     Document Type: Review

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