Mineralogy of asbestos

Recent Results in Cancer Research

Volumn 189, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-11

  Sporn, Thomas A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOLITE; AMOSITE; AMPHIBOLE; ANTHOPHYLLITE; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE; MINERAL; MINERAL FIBER; TREMOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGY; HUMAN; MINERALOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS, AMOSITE; ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; ASBESTOSIS; HUMANS; MESOTHELIOMA; MINERAL FIBERS;

EID: 79955004097     PISSN: 00800015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10862-4_1     Document Type: Article

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