Emerging evidence that the ban on asbestos use is reducing the occurrence of pleural mesothelioma in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 875-881

  Jarvholm, Bengt ^a   Burdorf, Alex ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asbestos; cancer; epidemiology; intervention; occupation; prevention

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTER; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ASBESTOS; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84946753642     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494815596500     Document Type: Article

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