The global spread of asbestos

Annals of Global Health

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 257-262

  Frank, Arthur L ^a   Joshi, T K ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

asbestos; asbestos related diseases; international scientific cooperation; Latin America

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER; CARCINOGEN;

ASBESTOSIS; CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OVARY CANCER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; MINING; NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGENS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MINING; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 84927619204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22149996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aogh.2014.09.016     Document Type: Review

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