Asbestos: From 'magic' to malevolent mineral

The Precautionary Principle in the 20th Century: Late Lessons from Early Warnings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 49-63

  Gee, David ^a   Greenberg, Morris ^b  

^a European Environment Agenry   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

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