The case for a global ban on asbestos.

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Published in Environ Health Perspect on June 08, 2010

Authors

Joseph LaDou1, Barry Castleman, Arthur Frank, Michael Gochfeld, Morris Greenberg, James Huff, Tushar Kant Joshi, Philip J Landrigan, Richard Lemen, Jonny Myers, Morando Soffritti, Colin L Soskolne, Ken Takahashi, Daniel Teitelbaum, Benedetto Terracini, Andrew Watterson

Author Affiliations

1: University of California-San Francisco, USA. joeladou@aol.com

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