Modelling prevalence and incidence of fibrosis and pleural plaques in asbestos-exposed populations for screening and follow-up: A cross-sectional study

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Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Paris, Christophe ^a,b   Martin, Aurélie ^a   Letourneux, Marc ^c   Wild, Pascal ^d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CS 60027   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA PLAQUE; PLEURAL FIBROSIS; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER; AIR POLLUTANT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FIBROSIS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FIBROSIS; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 46149113009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-7-30     Document Type: Article

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