National survey of malignant mesothelioma and asbestos exposure in Japan

Cancer Science

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 483-490

  Gemba, Kenichi ^a,e   Fujimoto, Nobukazu ^a   Kato, Katsuya ^b   Aoe, Keisuke ^c   Inai, Kouki ^d   Kishimoto, Takumi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL SANYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION FUKUYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERICARDIUM; PERITONEUM; PLEURA; PLEURA PLAQUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; TUNICA VAGINALIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859730423     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: 13497006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2011.02165.x     Document Type: Article

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