Lung asbestos content in lungs resected for primary lung cancer

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 569-576

  Wright, Casey M ^a,b   Bowman, Rayleen V ^a   Tan, Maxine E ^b   Martins, Maria U ^b   McLachlan, Rebecca E ^b   Passmore, Linda H ^b   Windsor, Morgan N ^b   Clarke, Belinda E ^b   Duhig, Edwina E ^b   Mahar, Annabelle M ^c   Fong, Kwun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Asbestos bodies; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOS BODY; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 44649182135     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e318174e046     Document Type: Article

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