Malignant Pleural Mesotheliomas: An Environmental Health Risk in Southeast Turkey
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Malignant pleural mesotheliomas: an environmental health risk in southeast Turkey.
Accessible online at: www.karger.com/journals/res Natural asbestos deposits pose a health hazard not to be neglected in some European and non-European countries. According to our information, about 113 asbestos deposits are known in Turkey, of which 65% contain chrysotile, 39% tremolite and 1% crocidolite. Whereas industrial exploitation is only of minor importance, domestic and agricultural us...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiration
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0025-7931,1423-0356
DOI: 10.1159/000056288