The asbestos disease epidemic: Here today, here tomorrow

Thorax

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 98-99

  Cullinan, Paul ^a   Pearce, Neil ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOSITE; ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE;

ASBESTOSIS; CARCINOGENICITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84856040624     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201180     Document Type: Editorial

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