Assessment of cancer risks due to environmental exposure to asbestos
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Health implications of environmental exposure to asbestos.
The health impact of environmental pollution resulting from the industrial use of asbestos can be assessed in three ways. First, there are the direct epidemiological surveys. These indicate that domestic exposure has been responsible for cases of mesothelioma and possibly lung cancer and radiological changes in family contacts of asbestos workers. Exposure in the neighborhood of crocidolite min...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1559-0631,1559-064X
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2009.56