Asbestos, asbestosis, pleural plaques and lung cancer

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-103

  Hillerdal, Gunnar ^a   Henderson, Douglas W ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Lung cancer; Lung fibrosis; Pleural plaques

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE; TREMOLITE;

ASBESTOSIS; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA PLAQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING;

EID: 0030908545     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.186     Document Type: Review

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