The worldwide pandemic of asbestos-related diseases

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 205-216

  Stayner, Leslie ^a   Welch, Laura S ^b   Lemen, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b The Center for Construction Research and Training   (United States)

^c U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Cancer; Epidemic; Review; World

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH HAZARD; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANDEMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84875432373     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031811-124704     Document Type: Review

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