Evaluation of take home (para-occupational) exposure to asbestos and disease: A review of the literature

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 703-731

  Donovan, Ellen P ^a   Donovan, Brooke L ^a   McKinley, Meg A ^a   Cowan, Dallas M ^a   Paustenbach, Dennis J ^a  

^a CARDNO CHEMRISK   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Family; Fiber transport; Para occupational exposure; Take home exposure

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; LAUNDRY; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARAOCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SHIPYARD WORKER; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84866392307     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408444.2012.709821     Document Type: Review

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