Relationship between asbestos bodies in sputum and the number of specimens

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-53

  Sulotto, Franca ^a   Capellaro, Ermanno ^a   Chiesa, Adrians ^a   Villari, Sara ^a   Bontempi, Silvano ^a   Scansetti, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asbestos workers; Low medium exposure; Probability of identification; Several samples

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOS BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SPUTUM;

EID: 0030950197     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.178     Document Type: Article

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