Asbestos-Related Pleural Diseases: Dimensional Criteria Are Not Appropriate to Differentiate Diffuse Pleural Thickening from Pleural Plaques

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 289-296

  Ameille, Jacques ^a,b   Matrat, Mireille ^b,c   Paris, Christophe ^d   Joly, Nathalie ^a,b   Raffaelli, Claude ^e   Brochard, Patrick ^f   Iwatsubo, Yuriko ^g   Pairon, Jean Claude ^b,c   Letourneux, Marc ^e  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Travail de Paris Ile de France   (France)

^c Service de Pneumologie et de Pathologie Professionnelle   (France)

^d Serv de Pathologie Professionnelle   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^f Serv de Pathologie Professionnelle   (France)

^g INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Diffuse pleural thickening; ILO classification; Pleural plaques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA PLAQUE; PLEURA THICKENING; PLEURAL FIBROSIS; PREVALENCE; SPUTUM; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CHEST PAIN; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1542410200     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10341     Document Type: Article

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