Is living close to ophiolites related to asbestos related diseases? Cross-sectional study

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 870-874

  Döngel, Isa ^a   Bayram, Mehmet ^a   Bakan, Nur Dilek ^b   Yalçin, Hüseyin ^c   Gültürk, Sefa ^c  

^a Sivas Numune Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Yedikule Teaching Hospital for Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery   (Turkey)

^c CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asbestos Ophiolites; Mesothelioma; Pleural plaques

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MINERALOGY; PLEURA PLAQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SMOKING; SOIL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASBESTOS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARCINOGENS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL DISEASES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOIL; TURKEY;

EID: 84877583372     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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