A review of the federal government's health activities in response to asbestos-contaminated ore found in Libby, Montana

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 925-940

  Horton, Kevin ^a   Kapil, Vikas ^a   Larson, Theodore ^a   Muravov, Oleg ^a   Melnikova, Natalia ^a   Anderson, Barbara ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; TREMOLITE; VERMICULITE;

ASBESTOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MESOTHELIOMA; MINER; MINING; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINING; MONTANA; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; STATE GOVERNMENT;

EID: 33747643589     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370600835161     Document Type: Review

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