International scientific cooperation on asbestos-related disease prevention in latin America

Annals of Global Health

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 247-250

  Marsili, Daniela ^a   Comba, Pietro ^a   Pasetto, Roberto ^a   Terracini, Benedetto ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE;

ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASE; CANCER INCIDENCE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LUNG CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; ASBESTOSIS; BUILDING MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LATIN AMERICA; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84927650243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22149996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aogh.2014.09.002     Document Type: Editorial

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