Asbestos fibers in para-aortic and mesenteric lymph nodes

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 464-470

  Uibu, Toomas ^a   Vanhala, Esa ^b   Sajantila, Antti ^c   Lunetta, Philippe ^c   Mäkelä Bengs, Päivi ^c   Goebeler, Sirkka ^d   Jäntti, Matti ^d   Tossavainen, Antti ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Lymph nodes; Mesentery; Retroperitoneal fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS FIBER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOSIS; BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL FIBERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE;

EID: 66349098141     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20694     Document Type: Article

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