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- Title
Asbestos exposure: challenges for Australian clinicians.
- Authors
Musk, Arthur W. (Bill); de Klerk, Nicholas H.; Nowak, Anna K.
- Abstract
The author discusses the challenges posed by asbestos exposure to the clinicians in Australia. The author states that asbestos remains a problem because it cannot be distinguished on pathological grounds from diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis or unknown causes. The author mentions the lack of effective treatment against asbestos.
- Subjects
ASBESTOS -- Risk factors; HEALTH risk assessment; PULMONARY fibrosis; HAZARDOUS wastes; HEALTH of medical personnel; SOCIAL conditions in Australia; TWENTY-first century
- Publication
Medical Journal of Australia, 2016, Vol 204, Issue 2, p48
- ISSN
0025-729X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.5694/mja15.01072