The attribution of lung cancers to asbestos exposure: A pathologic study of 924 unselected cases

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 90-95

  Mollo, Franco ^a   Magnani, Corrado ^a   Bo, Patrizia ^a   Burlo, Paola ^a   Cravello, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asbestos bodies; Asbestosis; Attributable risk; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOS BODY; ASBESTOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CARCINOGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036143050     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/DEDU-V6UC-587A-9CGD     Document Type: Article

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