Residential proximity to naturally occurring asbestos: Health risk or ecologic fallacy? [1]

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 573-

  Brodkin, Carl Andrew ^a   Balmes, John R ^b   Redlich, Carrie A ^c   Cullen, Mark R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN;

AMBIENT AIR; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INHALATION; LETTER; MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; DEMOGRAPHY; NOTE; PLEURA TUMOR; RISK FACTOR;

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645113682     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.173.5.573     Document Type: Letter

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