Familial Mesothelioma of the Pleura - A Report of 40 Cases

Industrial Health

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-239

  Bianchi, Claudio ^a   Brollo, Alessandro ^a   Ramani, Lucia ^a   Bianchi, Tommaso ^a   Giarelli, Luigi ^b  

^a Hospital of Monfalcone   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asbestos exposure; Epidemiology; Familial cancer; Mesothelioma; Occupational cancer; Pleura

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOS BODY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; SHIPYARD WORKER;

EID: 2142657972     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.42.235     Document Type: Article

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