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Chrysotile Asbestos and Mesothelioma
Assuming an average latency of 42 years, the authors predict that incidence rates will peak in 2009 and that diagnoses will peak in 2014. However, they caution that ongoing use of chrysotile asbestos (which has been implicated but not conclusively established as a cause of mesothelioma) and the release of asbestos fibers from older buildings during demolition or reno vation may slow the projec...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1993
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.50.9.862