Environmental exposure to asbestos in Eastern Turkey

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 144-150

  Hasanoǧlu, H Canan ^a,d   Gokirmak, Munire ^a   Baysal, Tamer ^a   Yildirim, Zeki ^a   Koksal, Nurhan ^b   Onal, Yunus ^c  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Chrysotile; Environmental exposure; Pleural plaques; Tremolite; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; TREMOLITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUOROGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA PLAQUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RIVER BASIN; SOIL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CALCINOSIS; CARCINOGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 0141557818     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.58.3.144-150     Document Type: Article

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