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On the Preventive Concentration Limits for Asbestos Aerosols in Ambient and Indoor Air

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Among carcinogenic industrial agents asbestos is a primary cause of death by occupational cancer in Germany (Woitowitz et al., 1988).

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  1. Umweltchemie und Ökotoxikologie, Fraunhofer-Institut, 5948, Schmallenberg-Grafschaft, Germany

    K. R. Spurny

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  1. Medical Institute of Environmental Hygiene, University of Düsseldorf, Auf’m Hennekamp 50, 4000, Düsseldorf 1, Germany

    Norbert H. Seemayer  & Wolfgang Hadnagy  & 

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Spurny, K.R. (1990). On the Preventive Concentration Limits for Asbestos Aerosols in Ambient and Indoor Air. In: Seemayer, N.H., Hadnagy, W. (eds) Environmental Hygiene II. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46712-7_29

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