Mining and mendacity, or how to keep a toxic product in the marketplace

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 398-403

  McCulloch, Jock ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Canada; Industry influence

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOSIS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INDUSTRY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 27644440071     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2005.11.4.398     Document Type: Review

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