Predicted mortality from malignant mesothelioma among women exposed to blue asbestos at Wittenoom, Western Australia

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Predicted mortality from malignant mesothelioma among women exposed to blue asbestos at Wittenoom, Western Australia

Introduction: Nearly 3000 women and girls were documented to have lived at the blue asbestos mining and milling town of Wittenoom in Western Australia between 1943 and 1992. Eight per cent of deaths among these women to the end of 2004 have been from malignant mesothelioma of the pleura. Aim: To pre...

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Main Authors:	Reid, Alison, Berry, G., Heyworth, J., De Klerk, N., Musk, A.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	BMJ Group 2009
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4204

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