Mineralogical and exposure determinants of pulmonary fibrosis among Québec chrysotile miners and millers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-236

  Nayebzadeh, Ataollah ^a   Case, Bruce W ^b   Massé, Janick ^c   Dufresne, André ^b  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Cité de la Santé Laval ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Asbestosis; Chrysotile; Pulmonary fibrosis; Tremolite

Indexed keywords

AMOSITE; ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; MINERAL FIBER; TREMOLITE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBROGENESIS; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LINEAR SYSTEM; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINER; MINERALOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; LUNG; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; QUEBEC; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 30644463485     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0046-7     Document Type: Article

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