Mesothelioma due to environmental exposure to erionite in Turkey

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 322-325

  Dikensoy, Oner ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Erionite; Mesothelioma; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ERIONITE; ZEOLITE;

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MESOTHELIOMA; MESOTHELIUM CELL; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TURKEY; ZEOLITES;

EID: 44649142076     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e3282fcea65     Document Type: Review

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