Asbestos exposure and radiological abnormalities among maintenance and custodian workers in buildings with friable asbestos-containing materials

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 307-312

  Matrat, Mireille ^a,b,c   Pairon, Jean Claude ^a,b,c   Paolillo, Ann Gaëlle ^a,d   Joly, Nathalie ^a,d   Iwatsubo, Yuriko ^c   Orlowski, Ewa ^c   Letourneux, Marc ^e   Ameille, Jacques ^d  

^a Travail de Paris Ile de France   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^c FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^d RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^e CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

Author keywords

Chest X ray; Occupational exposure; Pleural thickening; Pneumoconiosis

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; BODY MASS; BUILDING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA THICKENING; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 4344642709     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-004-0520-7     Document Type: Article

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