Pleural plaques as risk indicators for malignant pleural mesothelioma: A necropsy-based study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 445-449

  Bianchi, Claudio ^a   Brollo, Alessandro ^a   Ramani, Lucia ^a   Zuch, Clara ^a  

^a Hospital of Monfalcone   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Necropsy studies; Pleural mesothelioma; Pleural plaque; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; AUTOPSY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA PLAQUE; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SHIPS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030953367     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199711)32:5<445::AID-AJIM3>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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