New standard for assessing asbestos exposure and its consequences?

Occup Environ Med. 2016 Oct;73(10):709-10. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103693. Epub 2016 Jul 27.

Authors

L Christine Oliver¹, Laura Welch², Arthur L Frank³, Richard A Lemen⁴, Luciano Mutti⁵

Affiliations

¹ Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Occupational Health Initiatives, Inc, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA.
² Center for Construction Research and Training, Washington DC, USA.
³ Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁴ Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁵ University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, UK.

PMID: 27466614
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103693

No abstract available

Keywords: chrysotile; fiber burden; lung cancer; malignant mesothelioma; occupational history.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Asbestos*
Asbestos, Amphibole
Asbestos, Serpentine
Humans
Lung Neoplasms
Mesothelioma*
Occupational Exposure

Substances

Asbestos, Amphibole
Asbestos, Serpentine
Asbestos