Non-malignant asbestos-related diseases in Brazilian asbestos-cement workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 240-254

  Algranti, E ^a,d   Mendona, E M C ^a   Decapitani, E M ^b   Freitas, J B P ^c   Silva, H C ^a   Bussacos, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c Workers' Health Programme   (Brazil)

^d FUNDACENTRO DMe/CST   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asbestos cement; Chest x rays; High resolution computed tomography; Respiratory impairment; Respiratory symptoms; Smoking; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA THICKENING; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING;

ADULT; ASBESTOSIS; BRAZIL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034875846     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.1095     Document Type: Article

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