The Global Health Dimensions of Asbestos and Asbestos-Related Diseases

Annals of Global Health

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 209-213

  Takahashi, Ken ^a   Landrigan, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

asbestos; chrysotile; lung cancer; mesothelioma; ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE;

ASBESTOSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GLOBAL HEALTH;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; ASBESTOSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84991780944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22149996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aogh.2016.01.019     Document Type: Note

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