Invited Perspective: Eliminating Toxics to Prevent Disease: Asbestos Leads the Way

Affiliations

¹ Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA.
² Department of Public Health and Population Science, College of Health Sciences, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA.

Comment

David Kriebel et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2022 May.

. 2022 May;130(5):51305.

doi: 10.1289/EHP11362. Epub 2022 May 27.

¹ Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA.
² Department of Public Health and Population Science, College of Health Sciences, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA.

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The Ecological Association between Asbestos Consumption and Asbestos-Related Diseases 15 Years Later.
Rath EM, Yuen ML, Odgerel CO, Lin RT, Soeberg M, Nowak AK, Takahashi K. Rath EM, et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2022 May;130(5):57703. doi: 10.1289/EHP11148. Epub 2022 May 27. Environ Health Perspect. 2022. PMID: 35622389 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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