Asbestos exposure setting
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Property |
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| METEOR identifier: | 520699 |
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| Definition: | The setting in which exposure to asbestos is known to have occurred. Asbestos exposure may occur in the workplace, for example, in occupations related to mining, plumbing, electrical or construction material. Exposure may also occur in the home through, for example, exposure to asbestos housing construction material. |
| Property group: | Location characteristics |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
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| Reference documents: | Stedman TL 2006. Stedman's Medical Dictionary. 28th edition. Maryland: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Fauci AS et al (Editors) 2008. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th edition, New York: McGraw-Hill Medical |
Relational attributes | |
| Data Element Concepts implementing this property: | Person—asbestos exposure setting
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