Asbestos-related diseases in automobile mechanics

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-60

  Ameille, Jacques ^a   Rosenberg, Nicole ^b   Matrat, Mireille ^c,d   Descatha, Alexis ^a   Mompoint, Dominique ^a   Hamzi, Lounis ^b   Atassi, Catherine ^c   Vasile, Manuela ^c   Garnier, Robert ^b   Pairon, Jean Claude ^c,d  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL FERNAND WIDAL   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^d INSERM U955   (France)

Author keywords

asbestos; automobile mechanics; brakes; high resolution computed tomography; pleural plaques

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS EXPOSURE; ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASE; CHRYSOTILE ASBESTOS; CUMULATIVE EXPOSURES; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; HIGH-RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PLEURAL PLAQUES;

BRAKES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; FRICTION MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MECHANICS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PULMONARY DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERPENTINE; TOMOGRAPHY;

ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; CAR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; ASBESTOS; AUTOMOBILES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MECHANICS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARIS; PLEURAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856299044     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer066     Document Type: Review

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