Computed tomography findings in urban transportation workers with low cumulative asbestos exposure

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1352-1357

  Ameille, Jacques ^a,b,h   Mattei, N ^c   Laurent, F ^d   Letourneux, M ^e   Paris, C ^f,g   Clement A ^c   Chamming, S ^a   Conso, F ^a   Pairon, J C ^b,g  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b Faubourg Saint Jacques   (France)

^c Environment and Safety Department   (France)

^d BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^g INSERM   (France)

^h RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Asbestos; CT scan; Inter observer variability; Occupational disease; Pleural plaques

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG INTERSTITIUM; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARENCHYMA; PLEURA PLAQUE; PLEURA THICKENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA; URBAN HYGIENE; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASBESTOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 37649021614     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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