A Retrospective Study of Chest Pain in Benign Asbestos Pleural Disease

Pain Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1303-1308

  Allen, Roger K A ^a   Cramond, Tess ^b   Lennon, Deborah ^c   Waterhouse, Mary ^c  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benign Asbestos Diseases; Chest Pain; Retrospective Study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; ATELECTASIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA PLAQUE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 80052844891     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01209.x     Document Type: Article

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