Asbestos-related diseases: Time for technology sharing

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 384-385

  Takahashi, Ken ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOSIS; ASIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TECHNOLOGY;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; ASIA; HUMANS; INDUSTRY;

EID: 51749117350     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn086     Document Type: Editorial

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