Asbestosis, pleural plaques and diffuse pleural thickening: Three distinct benign responses to asbestos exposure

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1021-1027

  Gevenois, P A ^a,c   De Maertelaer, V ^b   Madani, A ^a   Winant, C ^a   Sergent, G ^a   De Vuyst, P ^a,c  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c Occupational Diseases Fund   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Asbestosis; Computed tomography; Pleural plaques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; ATELECTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA PLAQUE; PLEURA THICKENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031815069     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.11051021     Document Type: Article

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