Use of an asbestos exposure score and the presence of pleural and parenchymal abnormalities in a lung cancer case series

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-18

  Schaeffner, E S ^a   Miller, D P ^a   Wain, J C ^a   Christiani, D C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos exposure index; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035138997     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2001.7.1.14     Document Type: Article

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