Asbestos in Poland: Occupational health problems

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-152

  Szeszenia Dąbrowska, Neonila ^a   Świątkowska, Beata ^a   Szubert, Zuzanna ^a   Wilczyńska, Urszula ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Asbestos consumption; Compensation system; Health care; Occupational asbestos related diseases; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PLEURA TUMOR; POLAND; STANDARD; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

AGED; ASBESTOS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; POLAND; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 79960034947     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13382-011-0020-4     Document Type: Article

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