Asbestos use and asbestos-related diseases in Asia: Past, present and future

Respirology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 767-775

  Le, Giang Vinh ^a   Takahashi, Ken ^a   Park, Eun Kee ^a   Delgermaa, Vanya ^a   Oak, Chulho ^b   Qureshi, Ahmad Munir ^c   Aljunid, Syed Mohamed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Kosin University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Asbestosis; Asia; Mesothelioma; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; ASIA; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASBESTOS; ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79959883967     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.01975.x     Document Type: Article

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