Environmental exposure to Libby Asbestos and mesotheliomas

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 877-880

  Whitehouse, Alan C ^a,d   Black, C Bradford ^a   Heppe, Mark S ^a   Ruckdeschel, John ^b   Levin, Stephen M ^c  

^a Center for Asbestos Related Disease   (United States)

^b KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Asbestos pleural disease; Libby; Mesothelioma; Pleural cancer; Richterite; Tremolite; Vermiculite; Winchite

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY; POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MONTANA; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 55849101093     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20620     Document Type: Article

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