Low dose exposure to natural and man made fibres and the risk of cancer: towards a collaborative European epidemiology. Report of a workshop held in Paris , 10-12 June, 1991.

Introduction (A-J Valleron and J Bignon) Assessment of risk of cancer associated with low doses of natural and man made fibres has been discussed in depth in the past four years at at least two international meetings. The subject is still clearly topical in the United States where, since this symposium took place, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals' has vacated the Environmental Protection Agencies 1989 ruling' pending further investigation, and the Health Effects Institute-Asbestos Research has published a review and synthesis of current knowledge.3 In Europe the EC countries still express differing

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