Asbestos

Asbestos
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Publisher : National Academies Press
Total Pages : 341
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ISBN-10 : 9780309101691
ISBN-13 : 0309101697
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Book Synopsis Asbestos by : Institute of Medicine

Download or read book Asbestos written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-09-23 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In conjunction with drafting comprehensive legislation concerning compensation for health effects related to asbestos exposure (the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Act), the Senate Committee on the Judiciary directed the Institute of Medicine to assemble the Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects. This committee was charged with addressing whether asbestos exposure is causally related to adverse health consequences in addition to asbestosis, mesothelioma, and lung cancer. Asbestos: Selected Cancers presents the committee's comprehensive distillation of the peer-reviewed scientific and medical literature regarding association between asbestos and colorectal, laryngeal, esophageal, pharyngeal, and stomach cancers.


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