Exposure to airborne amphibole structures and health risks: Libby, Montana

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Price, Bertram ^a  

^a Price Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibole minerals; Asbestos; Asbestos associated disease; Libby; Montana; Vermiculite

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; TREMOLITE; VERMICULITE;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; MINERAL FIBERS; MINING; MONTANA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 54949108259     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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