Asbestos exposure and benign asbestos diseases in 772 formerly exposed workers: Dose-response relationships

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 596-602

  Mastrangelo, Giuseppe ^a   Ballarin, Maria N ^b   Bellini, Ernesto ^c   Bicciato, Fabio ^d   Zannol, Federica ^e   Gioffrè, Francesco ^f   Zedde, Antonio ^g   Tessadri, Gianna ^h   Fedeli, Ugo ^i,l   Valentini, Flavio ^j   Scoizzato, Luca ^a   Marangi, Gianluca ^b   Lange, John H ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Occupational Health Service   (Italy)

^c Local Health Authority   (Italy)

^d Occupational Health Service   (Italy)

^e Occupational Health Service   (Italy)

^f Sports Medicine Unit   (Italy)

^g Occupational Health Service   (Italy)

^h Local Health Authority 6   (Italy)

ⁱ SER Epidemiological Department   (Italy)

^j Occupational Health Service   (Italy)

^k ENVIROSAFE TRAINING AND CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^l PET Center   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Asbestos; Asbestosis; Computed tomography; Occupational exposure; Pleural plaques

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA PLAQUE; PLEURA THICKENING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; ITALY; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PLEURAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PLEURAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67650503056     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20713     Document Type: Article

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