Environmental asbestos-related pleural plaque in southeast of Turkey

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-37

  Ates, Gungor ^a   Yildiz, Tekin ^a   Akyildiz, Levent ^a   Topcu, Fusun ^a   Erturk, Baykal ^b  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Chest Diseases Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Calcified pleural plaque; Chest x ray; Environmental exposure; Pleura

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CALCIFIED PLEURA PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA PLAQUE; PLEURA THICKENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PLEURAL DISEASES; TURKEY;

EID: 77049111840     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338240903390321     Document Type: Article

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