Environmental exposure to asbestos and the exposure-response relationship with mesothelioma

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-38

  Madkour, M T ^a   El Bokhary, M S ^b   Awad Allah, H I ^b   Awad, A A ^c   Mahmoud, H F ^d  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^d Abbassia Chest Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; BIOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HEALTH; MESOTHELIOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PLEURA TUMOR; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASBESTOS; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 67649862239     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2009.15.1.25     Document Type: Article

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