Post-occupational health surveillance of asbestos workers

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 351-358

  Mastrangelo, G ^a   Marangi, G ^b   Ballarin, Maria Nicoletta ^c   Bellini, E ^d   De Marzo, Nicoletta ^e   Eder, Margit ^f   Finchi, A ^g   Gioffre F ^h   Marcolina, Daniela ⁱ   Tessadri, Gianna ^j   Zannol, Federica ^k   Altafini, Ilaria ^k   Belluso, Elena ^l   Zaina, Sara ^a   Agnesi, R ^h   Scoizzato, L ^a   Fedeli, U ^m   Cegolon, L ⁿ   Valentini, F ^o   Marchiori, L ^p  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Department of Health and Safety at Work (SPISAL)   (Italy)

^c Local Health Authority No 12   (Italy)

^d Local Health Authority   (Italy)

^e Department of Pharmacy   (Italy)

^f Health and Safety at Work Department (SPSAL)   (Italy)

^g Local Health Authority No 19   (Italy)

^h Local Health Authority   (Italy)

ⁱ Internal Medicine Unit Department of Medicine Local Health Authority (ULSS 1) Belluno   (Italy)

^j Local Health Authority 6   (Italy)

^k Health and Safety AtWork Department (SPSAL)   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^m Veneto Region   (Italy)

ⁿ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^o Department of Health and Safety at Work (SPISAL)   (Italy)

^p Department of Health ^*  (Italy)

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Author keywords

Asbestos workers; Health surveillance; Lung cancer screening

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MINERAL FIBER; OSTEOPONTIN;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; BLOOD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; LEGAL LIABILITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA TUMOR; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ITALY; LIABILITY, LEGAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL FIBERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; OSTEOPONTIN; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 84887296946     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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