Fluoro-edenitic fibres in the sputum of subjects from Biancavilla (Sicily): A pilot study

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Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Putzu, Maria Grazia ^a   Bruno, Caterina ^b   Zona, Amerigo ^b   Massiccio, Marilena ^a   Pasetto, Roberto ^b   Piolatto, Pier Giorgio ^a   Comba, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; FLUORO EDENITE; MINERAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIBER; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUORINE; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOLOGY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL FIBERS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; SPUTUM;

EID: 33748192001     PISSN: 1476069X     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-5-20     Document Type: Article

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