Criminal investigation follows report on asbestos compensation fund

Our plain-English summary of Criminal investigation follows report on asbestos compensation fund, by B. Burton (BMJ, 2004).

The study

• Author: B. Burton
• Journal: BMJ
• Published: 2004;329(7469):762
• Type of article: News
• Read it: PubMed · Publisher · Free full text

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This summary cannot be given. The text supplied with this citation is not the cited article. The citation is a 2004 BMJ news item credited to B Burton and titled "Criminal investigation follows report on asbestos compensation fund," and no PubMed abstract was supplied with it. The supplied text is page 762 of the BMJ issue of 2 October 2004, but it contains two other news reports: one by Kathryn Godfrey on funding for GP training in England, and one by Ann McGauran on a review paper questioning the 48-hour target for access to GPs. Neither mentions asbestos, a compensation fund, or a criminal investigation. The title gives the item's broad subject, but nothing about what the item actually reports, including any details, findings, or conclusions, can be stated until the correct text is obtained.

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The National Library of Medicine indexes this study under subjects our site covers: Mesothelioma.

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