Pleural and lung diseases from asbestos exposure. CT diagnosis;Alterazioni pleuro-parenchimali da esposizione all'asbesto: Diagnosi con Tomografia Computerizzata

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 326-331

  Polverosi, Roberta ^a   Vigo, Mario ^a   Citton, Onofrio ^a  

^a Ospedale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034331763     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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