Magic mineral to killer dust : Turner & Newall and the asbestos hazard / / Geoffrey Tweedale, with additional research by Philip Hansen
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Tweedale Geoffrey
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| Titolo: |
Magic mineral to killer dust : Turner & Newall and the asbestos hazard / / Geoffrey Tweedale, with additional research by Philip Hansen
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2000] |
| ©2000 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xx, 313 p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina: | 363.17/91 |
| Soggetto topico: | Asbestos industry - Health aspects - Great Britain |
| Asbestos - Toxicology | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | HansenPhilip |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [294]-304) and index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Asbestos was once known as the magic mineral because of its ability to withstand flames. Yet since the 1970s, it has become a notorious and feared killer dust, responsible for thousands of deaths and an epidemic that will continue for years to come. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Magic mineral to killer dust |
| ISBN: | 0-19-166024-8 |
| 1-280-81519-1 | |
| 9786610815197 | |
| 0-585-37639-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910778718603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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