• Industrial health · Jan 2013

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    Lung cancer probably related to talc exposure: a case report.

    • Jungwon Kim, Chulho Oak, Taewon Jang, Maanhong Jung, Bongkwon Chun, Eun-Kee Park, and Ken Takahashi.
    • Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, Kosin University, Korea.
    • Ind Health. 2013 Jan 1; 51 (2): 228-31.

    AbstractIndustrial talc has been widely circulated in the world for a long time. The pure talc has little effects on humans, but inhalation of talc contaminated with asbestos can causes severe asbestos-related diseases such as lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma. Herein, we represent a case of lung cancer after occupational exposure to industrial talc in the rubber manufacturing industry.

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