Mortality from occupational exposure to relatively pure chrysotile: A 39-Year study

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Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-68

  Sichletidis, L ^a   Chloros, D ^a   Spyratos, D ^a   Haidich, A B ^a   Fourkiotou, I ^a   Kakoura, M ^a   Patakas, D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Chrysotile; Epidemiology; Lung cancer; Mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARCINOMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; GREECE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749142157     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000163443     Document Type: Article

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