Malignant mesotheliomas in former miners and millers of crocidolite at Wittenoom (Western Australia) after more than 50 years follow-up

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1016-1020

  Berry, G ^a   Reid, A ^b   Aboagye Sarfo, P ^b   De Klerk, N H ^b   Olsen, N J ^b   Merler, E ^c   Franklin, P ^b   Musk, A W ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Local Health Authority   (Italy)

^d SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

asbestos; crocidolite; mesothelioma; predictions; Wittenoom

Indexed keywords

CROCIDOLITE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER MORTALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84857784090     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.23     Document Type: Article

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