Domestic asbestos exposure: A review of epidemiologic and exposure data

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5629-5670

  Goswami, Emily ^a   Craven, Valerie ^a   Dahlstrom, David L ^b   Alexander, Dominik ^a   Mowat, Fionna ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b New Era Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos fibers; Domestic; Epidemiology; Exposure; Take home

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; META-ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ASBESTOS PRODUCT MANUFACTURING WORKER; CLOTHING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INSULATOR; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; MINER; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA DISEASE; REVIEW; SHIPYARD WORKER;

ASBESTOS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84887324278     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10115629     Document Type: Review

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