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Occupational toxicology of asbestos-related malignancies.

Marcello Lotti, Lorenzo Bergamo, and Bruno Murer

Clin Toxicol (Phila) 48(6):485-96 (2010) PMID 20849338

Asbestos is banned in most Western countries but related malignancies are still of clinical concern because of their long latencies. This review identifies and addresses some controversial occupational and clinical aspects of asbestos-related malignancies.

DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2010.506876
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