Observations on environmental asbestos exposure in a high risk area

Respirology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 579-582

  Sahin, Unal ^a,b   Ozturk, Onder ^a   Songur, Necla ^a   Bircan, Ahmet ^a   Akkaya, Ahmet ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Environmental exposure; Genetic; Mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; TREMOLITE; ZEOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA PLAQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CARCINOGENS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTORS; SOIL; TURKEY;

EID: 65649091679     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01493.x     Document Type: Article

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