Vermiculite, respiratory disease, and asbestos exposure in Libby, Montana: Update of a cohort mortality study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 579-585

  Sullivan, Patricia A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Amphibole fibers; Asbestos; Asbestos related disease; Asbestosis; Insulation; Lung cancer; Mesothelioma; Richterite; Tremolite; Winchite

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; VERMICULITE;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MINER; MINING; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALUMINUM SILICATES; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MONTANA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34247162793     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9481     Document Type: Article

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