Asbestos lung burden and asbestosis after occupational and environmental exposure in an asbestos cement manufacturing area: A necropsy study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 840-846

  Magnani, Corrado ^a,d   Mollo, Franco ^a   Paoletti, Luigi ^b   Bellis, Donata ^a   Bernardi, Paolo ^a   Betta, Piergiacomo ^c   Botta, Mario ^c   Falchi, Mario ^b   Ivaldi, Cristiana ^a   Pavesi, Mansueto ^c  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c General Hospital   (Italy)

^d Servizio di Epidemiologia dei Tumori   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asbestos cement manufacture; Asbestosis; Lung burden

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER; CEMENT;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; AUTOPSY; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; ITALY; LUNG BURDEN; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MICROSCOPY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 7844243278     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.12.840     Document Type: Article

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