Nonmalignant pleural lesions due to environmental exposure to asbestos: A field-based, cross-sectional study

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 875-880

  Metintas, M ^a,c   Metintas, S ^a   Hillerdal, G ^b   Ucgun, I ^a   Erginel, S ^a   Alatas, F ^a   Yildirim, H ^a  

^a OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Environmental exposure; Pleura; Pleural fibrosis; Pleural plaques

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER; TREMOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA PLAQUE; PLEURAL FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASBESTOS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TURKEY;

EID: 27744468915     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00136404     Document Type: Article

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