Automotive Industry

Kenneth D. Rosenman

Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, 117 West Fee, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA

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Kenneth D. Rosenman,

Kenneth D. Rosenman

Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, 117 West Fee, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA

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Book Editor(s):Susan M. Tarlo,

Susan M. Tarlo

Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada

Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada

Division of Respiratory Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Paul Cullinan,

Paul Cullinan

Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Disease, National Heart and Lung Institute (Imperial College), London, UK

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Benoit Nemery,

Benoit Nemery

Toxicology and Occupational Medicine, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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First published: 13 August 2010

https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470710425.ch16

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

Introduction
Respiratory hazards and disease
Vehicle parts manufacturing
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