ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASES OF LUNG AND OTHER ORGANS - THEIR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier
- Vol. 114 (1), 187-227
- https://doi.org/10.1164/arrd.1976.114.1.187
Abstract
Asbestos-related human diseases, especially lung disorders, are reviewed. These disorders include pleural plaques, pleural effusion, asbestosis, malignant mesothelioma of the pleura and peritoneum and lung and other asbestos-related carcinomas. Occupational and environmental risk factors, dose relationships, biological responses and clinical implications are discussed.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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