Asbestos: use, bans and disease burden in Europe

To analyse national data on asbestos use and related diseases in the European Region of the World Health Organization (WHO). For each of the 53 countries, per capita asbestos use (kg/capita/year) and age-adjusted mortality rates (deaths/million persons/year) due to mesothelioma and asbestosis were c...

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Published in:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 92; no. 11; pp. 790 - 797
Main Authors:	Kameda, Takashi, Takahashi, Ken, Kim, Rokho, Jiang, Ying, Movahed, Mehrnoosh, Park, Eun-Kee, Rantanen, Jorma
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland World Health Organization 01.11.2014 The World Health Organization
Subjects:	Age Age groups Asbestos Asbestos - toxicity Asbestosis Asbestosis - mortality Bans Databases, Factual Death Deaths Disease Diseases Europe Europe - epidemiology Female Geological surveys Geology Health Humans Lung Neoplasms - mortality Male Mathematical analysis Mesothelioma Mesothelioma - mortality Mortality Mortality rates Organizations Per capita Public health Regions U.S.A World Health Organization Europe USA
ISSN:	0042-9686, 1564-0604, 1564-0604
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