Environmental asbestos exposure and malignant pleural mesothelioma

Metintas, MUZAFFER; Ozdemir, N; Hillerdal, G; Ucgun, I; Metintas, SELMA; Baykul, C; Elbek, O; Mutlu, S; Kolsuz, M

doi:10.1016/s0954-6111(99)90318-9

Environmental asbestos exposure and malignant pleural mesothelioma

Metintas M., Ozdemir N., Hillerdal G., Ucgun I., Metintas S., Baykul C., ...More

RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, vol.93, no.5, pp.349-355, 1999 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 93 Issue: 5
Publication Date: 1999
Doi Number: 10.1016/s0954-6111(99)90318-9
Journal Name: RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.349-355
Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Asbestos-related benign and malignant pleural diseases are endemic in some rural parts of central Turkey because of environmental exposure to asbestos fibres. We report here epidemiological data on 113 patients with diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma (DMPM) diagnosed in our clinic in Eskisehir, located in central Turkey.