Survey of environmental exposure to asbestos in the town of Buyuktatlar, Turkey

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-134

  Köksal, Nurhan ^a   Çelik, Mustafa ^a   Kahraman, Hasan ^a   Ekerbiçer, Hasan Ç ^a   Daǧli, Canan E ^a   Özkan, Fuat ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Asbestos; Asbestos related diseases; Buyuktatlar; Chrysotile; Pleural plaque

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 84865341545     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1077352512Z.00000000011     Document Type: Article

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