Asbestos ban in India: Challenges ahead

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1076, Issue , 2006, Pages 292-308

  Joshi, Tushar Kant ^a   Bhuva, Uttpal B ^a   Katoch, Priyanka ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Mesothelioma; Occupational safety

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CEMENT;

CANADA; CANCER REGISTRY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISASTER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INFORMATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATHOLOGIST; POLITICS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TRAINING; WORKER;

EID: 33845678093     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1371.072     Document Type: Conference Paper

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