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Jungwon Kim1, Chulho Oak, Taewon Jang
1Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, Kosin University, Korea.
Abstract:
Industrial 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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