An early study of pulmonary asbestosis among manufacturing workers: Original data and reconstruction of the 1932 cohort

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 324-334

  Borron, Stephen W ^a,b   Forman, Samuel A ^a   Lockey, James E ^a   Lemasters, Grace K ^a   Yee, Leslie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL FERNAND WIDAL   (France)

Author keywords

2Oth century; asbestosis; environmental exposure; history of medicine; pneumoconiosis; risk management; silicosis; workers compensation

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS FIBER; COAL;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SILICOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ASBESTOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEW JERSEY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICOSIS;

EID: 0031038101     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199703)31:3<324::AID-AJIM9>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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