Residential proximity to naturally occurring asbestos: Health risk or ecologic fallacy? [2]

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 573-574

  Schenker, Marc ^a   Day, Howard ^a   Beckett, Laurel ^a   Pan, Xuelei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER; CARCINOGEN;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; HUMAN; LETTER; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RUNNING;

EID: 33645128011     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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