Occupational asbestos exposure: How to deal with suspected mesothelioma cases - The Dutch approach

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 848-852

  Baas, P ^a   van't Hullenaar, N ^b   Wagenaar, J ^c   Kaajan, J P G ^d   Koolen, M ^e   Schrijver, M ^f   Schlosser N ^g   Burgers, J A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b Dept of Internal Medicine   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Pulmonology ^*  (Netherlands)

^d DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Medical Centre Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^g CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asbestos claims; Asbestos victims; Malignant pleural mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EUROPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONOLOGY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646194272     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdl021     Document Type: Article

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