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Asbestos: Selected Health Effects

Type:: Consensus Study
Topics:: Environmental Health, Public Health
Boards:: Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice

Activity Description

At the request of Congress, this committee comprehensively reviewed, evaluated, and summarized the peer-reviewed scientific and medical literature regarding the association between asbestos and colorectal, laryngeal, esophageal, pharyngeal, and stomach cancers.

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Report Release

Released: June 6, 2006
Asbestos: Selected Cancers

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Committee Members

Jonathan Samet, Chair

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Activity Sponsor

National Institutes of Health

Activity Contact Information

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Hope Hare

Phone:: 202-334-2383
Fax:: 202-334-2939
E-mail:: bph@nas.edu