Vermiculite worker mortality: Estimated effects of occupational exposure to libby amphibole

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 555-560

  Larson, Theodore C ^a   Antao, Vinicius C ^a   Bove, Frank J ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS; VERMICULITE;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CUMULATIVE FIBER EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 77952311985     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181dc6d45     Document Type: Article

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