Asbestos exposure during home renovation in New South Wales

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 410-413

  Park, Eun Kee ^a   Yates, Deborah H ^b,c   Hyland, Rebecca A ^b   Johnson, Anthony R ^d  

^a Kosin University   (South Korea)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME RENOVATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84884326313     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.11802     Document Type: Article

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