Malignant pleural mesothelioma from nonoccupational asbestos exposure in Metsovo (North-West Greece): Slow end of an epidemic?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1206-1210

  Sakellariou, K ^a   Malamou Mitsi, V ^a   Haritou, A ^a   Koumpaniou, C ^a   Stachouli, C ^a   Dimoliatis, I D ^a   Constantopoulos, S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Malignant mesothelioma; nonoccupational asbestos exposure; tremolite

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; TREMOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030035250     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09061206     Document Type: Article

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