Product stewardship and science: Safe manufacture and use of fiber glass

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-277

  Hesterberg, Thomas W ^a   Anderson, Robert ^b   Bernstein, David M ^c   Bunn, William B ^a   Chase, Gerald A ^d   Jankousky, Angela Libby ^e   Marsh, Gary M ^f   McClellan, Roger O ^g  

^a Navistar International Corporation   (United States)

^b Private Consultant   (United States)

^c Toxicology Consultant   (Switzerland)

^d Consultant in Statistics and Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^e Turning Point Presentations   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g Toxicology and Risk Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogens; Exposure; Glass fibers; Inhalation toxicology; Lung cancer; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN; GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; CHRONIC TOXICITY; DISSOLUTION; EXPOSURE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TOXICITY; MATERIALS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TOXIC INHALATION; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; CRICETINAE; GLASS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLUBILITY;

CRICETINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 84863393117     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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