Assessment of asbestos exposure via mineralogical analysis of broncboalveolar lavage fluid;Stima dell'esposizione ad asbesto mediante analisi mineralogica del liquido di lavaggio broncoalveolare

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-31

  Romeo, R ^a   Scancarello, G ^b   Cassano, P ^a   Cioni, F ^a   Bacaloni, A ^c   Sartorelli, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b AUSL n 7   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Mineralogical analysis; Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS FIBER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ASBESTOS; MINERAL FIBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINERALOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; ITALY; LUNG TUMOR; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL FIBERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042807164     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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