Diachronic study of pleural plaques in rural population with environmental exposure to asbestos

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 634-641

  Sichletidis, L ^a,b   Chloros, D ^a   Chatzidimitriou, N ^a   Tsiotsios, I ^a   Spyratos, ^a   Patakas, D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b G PAPANICOLAOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Mesothelioma; Pleural lesions; Pollution; Respiratory function; Tremolite

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DETERIORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA PLAQUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURVIVAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA; PLEURAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746674422     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20334     Document Type: Article

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