Short, fine and WHO asbestos fibers in the lungs of quebec workers with an asbestos-related disease

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1001-1014

  Adib, Georges ^a   Labrèche, France ^b,c   De Guire, Louise ^a,c   Dion, Chantal ^b,c   Dufresne, André ^c  

^a Institut national de santé publique du Québec INSPQ   (China)

^b Institut de recherche Robert Sauve en sante et en securite du travail du Quebec (IRSST)   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphiboles; Chrysotile; Fine fibers; Lung fiber burden; Short fibers

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; MINERAL FIBER;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AMPHIBOLES; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CANADA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FINE FIBERS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LUNG FIBER BURDEN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SHORT FIBERS; VERY ELDERLY;

AMPHIBOLES; CHRYSOTILE; FINE FIBERS; LUNG FIBER BURDEN; SHORT FIBERS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL FIBERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUEBEC;

EID: 84881669072     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22180     Document Type: Article

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