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Asbestos: Selected Health Effects

Type:: Consensus Study
Topic(s):: Environmental Health, Public Health
Board(s):: 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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Released: Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Asbestos: Selected Cancers

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Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice

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

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500 Fifth St. NW
Washington, DC 20001