Workers with libby amphibole exposure: Retrospective identification and progression of radiographic changes

Radiology

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 924-933

  Larson, Theodore C ^a   Meyer, Cristopher A ^b   Kapil, Vikas ^a   Gurney, Jud W ^c   Tarver, Robert D ^d   Black, Charles B ^e   Lockey, James E ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Center for Asbestos Related Disease   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS; VERMICULITE;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CALCIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTANA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURAL DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77952681006     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10091447     Document Type: Article

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