Malignant mesothelioma due to environmental exposure to asbestos - Follow-up of a Turkish cohort living in a rural area

Metintas, SELMA; Metintas, MUZAFFER; Ucgun, I; Oner, U

doi:10.1378/chest.122.6.2224

Malignant mesothelioma due to environmental exposure to asbestos - Follow-up of a Turkish cohort living in a rural area

Metintas S., Metintas M., Ucgun I., Oner U.

CHEST, cilt.122, sa.6, ss.2224-2229, 2002 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 122 Sayı: 6
Basım Tarihi: 2002
Doi Numarası: 10.1378/chest.122.6.2224
Dergi Adı: CHEST
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2224-2229
Anahtar Kelimeler: asbestos, environmental exposure, epidemiology, mesothelioma, pleural cancer, PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA, WESTERN-AUSTRALIA, FIBER EXPOSURE, TREMOLITE, TURKEY, CROCIDOLITE, CARCINOGENICITY, CALCIFICATIONS, MORTALITY, METSOVO
Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Study objectives: This stud), examines the incidence of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) in a rural population of Turkey with environmental exposure to asbestos-contaminated soil mixtures (white soil).