Exposure to asbestos-containing vermiculite ore and respiratory symptoms among individuals who were children while the mine was active in Libby, Montana

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1033-1038

  Vinikoor, Lisa C ^a   Larson, Theodore C ^b   Bateson, Thomas F ^a   Birnbaum, Linda ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Children; Libby; Montana; Respiratory symptoms; Spirometry; Vermiculite ore

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; VERMICULITE; ALUMINUM SILICATE; AMPHIBOLE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ALUMINUM SILICATES; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MINING; MONTANA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77954853774     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901680     Document Type: Article

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