South Africa's export trade in asbestos: demise of an industry.

@article{Harington2010SouthAE,
  title={South Africa's export trade in asbestos: demise of an industry.},
  author={John Sir Harington and Neil D. Mcglashan and E. Z. Chelkowska},
  journal={American journal of industrial medicine},
  year={2010},
  volume={53 5},
  pages={
          524-34
        }
}
BACKGROUND South Africa's export of each of its three types of asbestos, crocidolite, amosite, and chrysotile, and the total amounts to 84 countries in metric tonnes is examined over a 24-year period, 1980-2003. METHODS For convenience, the countries are divided into nine world regional groups, Europe, Eastern Europe, North America with the Caribbean, South America, Africa, Middle East, Far East, South Asia, and Oceania. RESULTS The three greatest importing countries of total asbestos in… 
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