Saving the asbestos industry, 1960 to 2006

Public Health Reports

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 609-614

  McCulloch, Jock ^a,b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b School of Social Science and Planning   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; MINERAL FIBER;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ASBESTOSIS; CANCER RESEARCH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MESOTHELIOMA; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORKPLACE; ARTICLE; CANADA; ECONOMICS; HISTORY; JURISPRUDENCE; LUNG TUMOR; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CANADA; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; MINERAL FIBERS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749042994     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 00333549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490612100517     Document Type: Review

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