Malignant mesothelioma and the working environment: The viewpoint of the occupational physician

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 312-329

  Porru, Stefano ^a   Placidi, Donatella ^a   Di Carlo, A Scotto ^a   Campagna, M ^a   Mariotti, Ornella ^a   Barbieri, P G ^b   Lombardi, Sandra ^b   Candela, A ^b   Tassi, G F ^c   Alessio, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Local Public Health Authority   (Italy)

^c Pneumology Division   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asbestos exposure assessment; Etiological diagnosis; Occupational physician; Working environment

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUNSELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TRADE UNION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PLEURA TUMOR; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; CARCINOGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ITALY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645067688     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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