Current Research and Opportunities to Address Environmental Asbestos Exposures
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Current Research and Opportunities to Address Environmental Asbestos Exposures
Asbestos-related diseases continue to result in approximately 120,000 deaths every year in the United States and worldwide. Although extensive research has been conducted on health effects of occupational exposures to asbestos, many issues related to environmental asbestos exposures remain unresolved. For example, environmental asbestos exposures associated with a former mine in Libby, Montana,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1409662