Nonpulmonary outcomes of asbestos exposure

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part B: Critical Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 122-152

  Bunderson Schelvan, Melisa ^a   Pfau, Jean C ^b   Crouch, Robert ^b   Holian, Andrij ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOSITE; ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE;

AORTITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARY CANCER; PERITONEAL FIBROSIS; PERITONEUM CANCER; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCLERODERMA; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VASCULITIS;

ANIMALS; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MESOTHELIAL; UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79959229079     PISSN: 10937404     EISSN: 15216950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10937404.2011.556048     Document Type: Review

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