Nonmalignant pleural lesions due to environmental exposure to asbestos: a field-based, cross-sectional study
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, vol.26, no.5, pp.875-880, 2005 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 26 Issue: 5
- Publication Date: 2005
- Doi Number: 10.1183/09031936.05.00136404
- Journal Name: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.875-880
- Keywords: asbestos, environmental exposure, pleura, pleural fibrosis, pleural plaques, OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY, COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY, LUNG-FUNCTION, PLAQUES, MESOTHELIOMA, DISEASE, POPULATION, TREMOLITE, WORKERS, TURKEY
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate the frequencies of asbestos-related benign pleural diseases in villagers environmentally exposed to asbestos and the factors affecting these frequencies.