Lung asbestos fibre burden in textile workers with malignant mesothelioma;Carico polmonare di fibre di amianto in mesoteliomi di lavoratori tessili

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-206

  Barbieri, P G ^a   Somigliana, Anna ^b   Tironi, A ^c  

^a ASL Brescia   (Italy)

^b UO Aria   (Italy)

^c SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lung asbestos fibre burden; Malignant mesothelioma; Textile workers

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; MINERAL FIBER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL FIBERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 77954933621     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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