The prevalence of pleural plaques and/or pulmonary changes among construction workers in Okayama, Japan

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 291-295

  Kishimoto, Takumi ^a   Morinaga, Kenji ^a   Kira, Shohei ^a  

^a Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asbestosis; Chest CT; Construction worker; Pleural plaque

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA PLAQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ASBESTOSIS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033973467     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(200003)37:3<291::AID-AJIM7>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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