The incidence of mesothelioma has not decreased for the last twenty years in Southeast region of Anatolia

African Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 346-352

  Carkanat, A I ^a   Abdurrahman, A ^a   Abakay, O ^b   Cengizhan, S ^a   Selimoglu, S H ^a   Senyigit, A ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Education and Training Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asbestosis; Incidence; Mesothelioma; Southeast Turkey

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; INCIDENCE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861305135     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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