Asbestos is not just asbestos: An unrecognised health hazard

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 576-578

  Baumann, Francine ^a   Ambrosi, Jean Paul ^b   Carbone, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LETTER; MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS;

EID: 84878365444     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70257-2     Document Type: Letter

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