Malignant and Non-Malignant Asbestos-Related Pleural and Lung Disease: 10-Year Follow-Up Study

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 618-625

  Cvitanović, Slavica ^a   Znaor, Ljubo ^a   Konsa, Tonći ^a   Ivančević, Željko ^a   Perić, Irena ^a   Erceg, Marijan ^b   Vujović, Mirjana ^c   Vuković, Jonatan ^a   Beg Zec, Zlata ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b Institute of Public Health   (Croatia)

^c Occupational Health Private Practice ^*  (Croatia)

^d KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Asbestosis; Croatia; Environmental exposure; Mesothelioma; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CROATIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; SMOKING;

EID: 0242696283     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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