Excess of mesotheliomas after exposure to chrysotile in Balangero, Italy

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 815-819

  Mirabelli, D ^a   Calisti, R ^b   Barone Adesi, F ^a   Fornero, E ^a   Merletti, Franco ^a,d   Magnani, C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Occupational Safety and Health Unit   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^d Unit of Cancer Epidemiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 54349122689     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.037689     Document Type: Article

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