Non-occupational malignant pleural mesothelioma due to asbestos and non-asbestos fibres

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 210-216

  Proietti, Lidia ^a,b   Spicuzza, L ^a   Di Maria, A ^a   Polosa, R ^a   Sebastian Torres, E ^a   Asero, V ^a   Di Maria, G U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Department of Occupational Medicine ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Asbestos fibres; Crocidolite; Crysotil; Environmental exposure; Erionite; Fluoro edenite; Malignant pleural mesothelioma; Non asbestos fibres; Tremolite

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER; CARCINOGEN; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE; INDUSTRIAL TOXIC SUBSTANCE; MINERAL FIBER; TREMOLITE; ZEOLITE;

ASBESTOSIS; CANCER RISK; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MINING; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 33947354544     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2006.551     Document Type: Review

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