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Recent Mortality from Pleural Mesothelioma, Historical Patterns of Asbestos Use, and Adoption of Bans: A Global Assessment

BACKGROUND: In response to the health risks posed by asbestos exposure, some countries have imposed strict regulations and adopted bans, whereas other countries have intervened less and continue to use varying quantities of asbestos. OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to assess, on a global scale,...

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Autores principales: Nishikawa, Kunihito, Takahashi, Ken, Karjalainen, Antti, Wen, Chi-Pang, Furuya, Sugio, Hoshuyama, Tsutomu, Todoroki, Miwako, Kiyomoto, Yoshifumi, Wilson, Donald, Higashi, Toshiaki, Ohtaki, Megu, Pan, Guowei, Wagner, Gregory
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2599762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19079719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.11272