Decreasing prevalence of pleural calcifications among metsovites with nonoccupational asbestos exposure

Chest

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 617-621

  Manda Stachouli, Carmen ^a   Dalavanga, Yotanna ^b   Daskalopoulos, George ^b   Leontaridi, Christina ^b   Vassiliou, Miltos ^b   Constantopoulos, Stavros H ^b,c  

^a Department of Pneumonology   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Metsovo; Nonoccupational asbestos exposure; Pleural calcifications; Pleural plaques; Tremolite

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; TREMOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LUNG CALCIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA PLAQUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 4143120040     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.2.617     Document Type: Article

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