Medical impact of the screening of asbestos-related benign pleural lesions;Impact medical du depistage des lesions pleurales benignes liees a l'inhalation de poussieres d'amiante

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 16, Issue 6 BIS, 1999, Pages 1286-1293

  Chailleux, E ^a   Letourneux, M ^b  

^a CHU de Nantes   (France)

^b CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Fibrosis; Pleural plaques; Pleurisy; Rounded atelectasy; Screening

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOSIS; ATELECTASIS; BENIGN TUMOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA PLAQUE; PLEURISY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIODENSITOMETRY; SCREENING; AIR POLLUTION; BREATHING; MASS SCREENING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ASBESTOS;

AIR POLLUTION; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PLEURAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033378433     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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