Pleural malignant mesothelioma in housewife in Catania area;Mesotelioma pleurico maligno in casalinghe della provincia di Catania

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 95, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 365-368

  Proietti, Lidia ^a,e   Migliore, Marcello ^b   Polosa, Riccardo ^c   Comba, Pietro ^d   Circo, Cristina ^c   Di Maria, Giuseppe U ^c  

^a Sezione di Medicina del Lavoro   (Italy)

^b Policlinico le Scotte   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Genetic susceptibility; Mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; ITALY; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 3042724906     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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