Smoking and alcohol use in asbestos abatement workers

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 338-342

  Lange, J H ^a   Mastrangelo, G ^b   Buja, A ^b  

^a ENVIROSAFE TRAINING AND CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASBESTOS ABATEMENT; ASBESTOS ABATEMENT WORKER; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INDUSTRY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASBESTOS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PENNSYLVANIA; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 33750017558     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-1071-2     Document Type: Article

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