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. 2016 Oct;73(10):709.

doi: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103704. Epub 2016 Jul 27.

Unreliable proposed 'new standard' for assessing asbestos exposure

David Egilman¹, Xaver Baur², Colin L Soskolne³

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¹ The Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA.
² Institute for Occupational Medicine, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany Collegium Ramazzini.
³ Collegium Ramazzini Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Australia International Joint Policy Committee of the Societies of Epidemiology (IJPC-SE) American College of Epidemiology University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

PMID: 27466612
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103704

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Unreliable proposed 'new standard' for assessing asbestos exposure

David Egilman et al. Occup Environ Med. 2016 Oct.

. 2016 Oct;73(10):709.

doi: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103704. Epub 2016 Jul 27.

Authors

David Egilman¹, Xaver Baur², Colin L Soskolne³

Affiliations

¹ The Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA.
² Institute for Occupational Medicine, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany Collegium Ramazzini.
³ Collegium Ramazzini Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Australia International Joint Policy Committee of the Societies of Epidemiology (IJPC-SE) American College of Epidemiology University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

PMID: 27466612
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103704

No abstract available

Keywords: standards.

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Authors' reply to letters from Egilman et al and Oliver et al.
Peto J, Gilham C, Rake C, Darnton A, Hodgson J, Burdett G. Peto J, et al. Occup Environ Med. 2016 Oct;73(10):710-1. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103870. Epub 2016 Jul 27. Occup Environ Med. 2016. PMID: 27466613 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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Pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer risks in relation to occupational history and asbestos lung burden.
Gilham C, Rake C, Burdett G, Nicholson AG, Davison L, Franchini A, Carpenter J, Hodgson J, Darnton A, Peto J. Gilham C, et al. Occup Environ Med. 2016 May;73(5):290-9. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2015-103074. Epub 2015 Dec 29. Occup Environ Med. 2016. PMID: 26715106 Free PMC article.

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