The fallout from asbestos

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9566, 2007, Pages 973-974

  Wagner, Gregory R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GOVERNMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LARYNX TUMOR; LIFE CYCLE; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; HUMANS; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33947217275     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60472-3     Document Type: Note

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