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How conflicted authors undermine the World Health Organization (WHO) campaign to stop all use of asbestos: spotlight on studies showing that chrysotile is carcinogenic and facilitates other non-cancer asbestos-related diseases

Xaver BaurDivision of Occupational Lung Diseases and AllergyInstitute for Occupational Medicine, Charite-University Medicine, Berlin, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Colin L. SoskolneUniversity of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada;Faculty of HealthUniversity of Canberra, Australia
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Richard A. LemenUnited States Public Health Service (ret.), Environmental and Occupational Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Joachim SchneiderInstitute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational and Social MedicineUniversity of Giessen, Germany
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Hans-Joachim WoitowitzInstitute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational and Social MedicineUniversity of Giessen, Germany
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Lygia Therese BudnikInstitute for Occupational and Social Maritime Medicine (ZfAM)University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, University of Hamburg, Germany
Pages 176-179 | Published online: 02 Mar 2015

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