A follow-up study of lung function among ex-asbestos workers with and without pleural plaques;Studio longitudinale della funzione ventilatoria in ex-esposti ad asbesto con e senza placche pleuriche

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 171-179

  Rui, Francesca ^a   De Zotti, Renata ^a   Negro, C ^a   Bovenzi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asbestos exposure; Lung function; Pleural plaques

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PLEURA PLAQUE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VITAL CAPACITY; WORKPLACE; ASBESTOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ASBESTOSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING;

EID: 6044239089     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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