Asbestos and asbestos-related diseases

Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Woźniak, Helena ^a   Wiȩcek, Edward ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Asbestosis; Lung cancer; Mesothelioma; Pleural plaques

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942446619     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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