Malignant mesothelioma due to environmental exposure to erionite: follow-up of a Turkish emigrant cohort

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Metintas M., Hillerdal G., Metintas S.

EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, cilt.13, sa.3, ss.523-526, 1999 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 1999
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1183/09031936.99.13352399
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.523-526
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: environmental exposure, epidemiology, erionite, immigrants, mesothelioma, PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA, WESTERN-AUSTRALIA, FIBROUS ZEOLITE, CROCIDOLITE, ASBESTOS, TURKEY, DIAGNOSIS, PLAQUES
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The incidence of malignant mesothelioma is extremely high in some Turkish villages where there is a low-level environmental exposure to erionite, a fibrous zeolite, The best known example is the village of Karain. However, since epidemiological studies are difficult to perform in Turkey, the incidence and the dose-response curve have not been thoroughly examined.