Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH): Prevention and detection of asbestos-related diseases, 1987-2005

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-220

  Huuskonen, Matti S ^a,b   Rantanen, Jorma ^a,c  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH)   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asbestos exposure; Asbestos related diseases; Finland; International collaboration

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOSIS; EDUCATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LAW; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; REVIEW;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CARCINOGENS; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 33645212812     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20282     Document Type: Review

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