A worldwide ban on asbestos production and use: Some recent progress, but more still to be done

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-2

  Sim, Malcolm Ross ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOLITE; AMOSITE; ANTHOPHYLLITE; ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE; TREMOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER RISK; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; MINING; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKPLACE;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MINING; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84871803054     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-101290     Document Type: Editorial

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