Asbestos-related x-ray changes in foundry workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-201

  Rosenman, Kenneth D ^a   Reilly, Mary Jo ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestosis; Foundries; Lung cancer; Mesothelioma; Pleural plaques; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FOUNDRY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SILICOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORKER;

AGED; ASBESTOSIS; DUST; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; METALLURGY; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SILICOSIS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031830906     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199808)34:2<197::AID-AJIM14>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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