Environmental asbestos pollution - Situation in Poland

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-13

  Szeszenia Dabrowska, Neonila ^a   Sobala, Wojciech ^a   Światkowska, Beata ^a   Stroszejn Mrowca, Grazyna ^a   Wilczyńska, Urszula ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Airborne asbestos fibres concentrations; Ambient air asbestos pollution; Asbestos consumption; Non occupational asbestos exposure

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; POLAND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASBESTOS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; POLAND;

EID: 84861746097     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/S13382-012-0003-0     Document Type: Article

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