Occupational asbestos exposure and predictable asbestos-related diseases in India

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-143

  Dave, Sudhir K ^a   Beckett, William S ^b,c  

^a Ministry of Mines Government of India   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Asbestos disease; Asbestosis; India; Mesothelioma; Occupational lung diseases

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PREDICTION;

EID: 23644437009     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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