Surface of localized pleural plaques quantitated by computed tomography scanning: No relation with cumulative asbestos exposure and no effect on lung function

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 3 I, 2001, Pages 705-710

  Van Cleemput, Joris ^c   De Raeve, Hilde ^c   Verschakelen, Johny A ^c   Rombouts, Jozef ^a   Lacquet, Ludovic M ^c   Nemery, Benoit ^b  

^a JANSSEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CEMENT INDUSTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLEURA PLAQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

EID: 0035079994     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.163.3.2006017     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. The diagnosis of nonmalignant diseases related to asbestos
2. Asbestos
3. The pathology of asbestos-associated diseases of the lungs and pleural cavities: Diagnostic criteria and proposed grading schema. Report of the Pneumoconiosis Committee of the College of American Pathologists and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
4. Radiological criteria: Pleural changes
5. Roentgenographic lung changes, asbestosis and mortality in a Belgian asbestos-cement factory
6. Lung volumes and forced ventilatory flows: Report of the Working Party on "Standardization of Lung Function Tests."
7. A new high resolution computed tomography scoring system for pulmonary fibrosis, pleural diseases, and emphysema in patients with asbestos related disease
8. State of the art: The pleura
9. Irradiation en tomodensitométrie thoracique
10. High-resolution CT of benign asbestos-related diseases: Clinical and radiographic correlation
11. Conventional and high-resolution CT in asymptomatic asbestos-exposed workers
12. Pleural plaques - Asbestos - Ill-health
13. Radiological changes after withdrawal from asbestos exposure
14. Long term radiological effects of short term exposure to amosite asbestos among factory workers
15. Prevalence and incidence of benign asbestos pleural effusion in a working population
16. Radiological changes in asbestos cement workers
17. Progression of asbestos radiographic abnormalities: Relationships to estimates of dust exposure and annual decline in lung function
18. Asbestos-associated lung effects in car mechanics
19. Nonmalignant pleural disease related to asbestos exposure
20. The radiographic pleural abnormalities in asbestos exposure: Relationship to physiologic abnormalities
21. Asbestos-related diseases
22. Environmental lung diseases
23. Malignant pleural mesothelioma
24. Asbestos induced pleural fibrosis and impaired lung function
25. Pleural plaques and respiratory function
26. Pleural determinants of restrictive lung function and respiratory symptoms in an asbestos-exposed population
27. Restrictive lung function and asbestos-induced pleural fibrosis: A quantitative approach
28. The human evidence: Parenchymal and pleural changes
29. Effect of asbestos-related pleural fibrosis on excursion of the lower chest wall and diaphragm
30. Asbestos-related diseases
31. The relation among pulmonary function, chest roentgenographic abnormalities, and smoking status in an asbestos-exposed cohort
32. UK Naval dockyards asbestosis study: Survey of the sample population aged 50-59 years
33. Influence of smoking on radiographic profusion and pleural changes in asbestos-exposed subjects