Clinical and HRCT screening of heavily asbestos-exposed workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-54

  Vierikko, Tuula ^a   Järvenpää, Ritva ^a   Toivio, Pauliina ^a,b   Uitti, Jukka ^a,b   Oksa, Panu ^a,b   Lindholm, Tuula ^b   Vehmas, Tapio ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Lung fibrosis; Lung function; Occupational exposure; Tomography (scanners, x ray, computed)

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76449119725     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-009-0462-1     Document Type: Article

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