Health effects of amosite mining and milling in South Africa

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Murray, Jill ^a,b   Nelson, Gill ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amosite; Asbestos; Crocidolite; Mesothelioma; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AMOSITE; CROCIDOLITE; MINERAL FIBER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; MINERAL DUST; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

ASBESTOS, AMOSITE; ASBESTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MINERAL FIBERS; MINING; SOUTH AFRICA; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EID: 54449086284     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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