American College of Chest Physicians consensus statement on the respiratory health effects of asbestos

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1619-1627

  Banks, Daniel E ^a   Shi, Runhua ^a   McLarty, Jerry ^a   Cowl, Clayton T ^b   Smith, Dorsett ^c   Tarlo, Susan M ^d   Daroowalla, Feroza ^e   Balmes, John ^f   Baumann, Michael ^g  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CONSENSUS; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 66649096433     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-1345     Document Type: Article

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