More important
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on an important environmental hazard. These articles
are 15-20 years later than the previous articles.
JAMA Nov 8, 1984 Vol. 252 No 25, June 17 1982
Council Report
to Asbestos-Related Diseases
Council on Scientific Affairs
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INTRODUCTION |
IN RECENT years, public concern
over the health effects of asbestos has sharply
escalated. According to Walker et al (J
Occup Med 1983; 25:409), |
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The term asbestos refers to a family of naturally occurring silicate miner |
Occupational exposure to
asbestos may occur during (1) mining and
milling of the ore, (2) the manufacture and
use of asbestos-containing |
EFFECTS ON HEALTH OF
EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS
Richard Doll
Emeritus Professor
of Medicine, University of
Oxford, Honorary
Consultant, Imperial Cancer
Research Fund
Cancer Epidemiology and Clinical Trials Unit
Julian Peto
Professor
of Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer
Research,
University of London
Health & Safety
Commission
London: Her Majesty's
Stationery Office 1985
Medical News & Perspectives
Mesothelioma: Has Patient Had Contact With Even Small Amount
of Asbestos?
MESOTHELIOMA, primarily an asbestos-related cancer. This
expectation was based on two
factors: that the highest exposure