Changing Patterns in Asbestos-Induced Lung Disease

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 744-753

  Ohar, Jill ^a   Sterling, David A ^b   Bleecker, Eugene ^a   Donohue, James ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestosis; Obstructive lung disease; Occupational disease; Pulmonary function test

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASBESTOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 1242351688     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.2.744     Document Type: Article

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