Asbestos-related disease among sheet metal workers 1986-2004: Radiographic changes over time

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 519-525

  Welch, Laura S ^a,b   Haile, Elizabeth ^a  

^a The Center for Construction Research and Training   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Incidence; Longitudinal study; Medical surveillance; Sheet metal; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; PLEURA DISEASE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SHIPYARD WORKER; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ASBESTOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; MASS SCREENING; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649619714     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20712     Document Type: Article

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