Do asbestos-related pleural plaques on HRCT scans cause restrictive impairment in the absence of pulmonary fibrosis?

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 985-991

  Clin, Bénédicte ^a,b   Paris, Christophe ^c   Ameille, Jacques ^d   Brochard, Patrick ^e   Conso, Françoise ^f   Gislard, Antoine ^g   Laurent, François ^h,i   Letourneux, Marc ^b   Luc, Amandine ^c   Schorle, Evelyne ^j   Pairon, Jean Claude ^k  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^d RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^e University Hospital Department of Hematology   (France)

^f Institut Interuniversitaire de Medecine du Travail de Paris Ile de France   (France)

^g ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ INSERM   (France)

^j ERSM Rhone Alpes   (France)

^k UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA PLAQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SMOKING; THICKNESS; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 80054122386     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200172     Document Type: Article

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