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, vol.122, no.6, pp.2224-2229, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 122 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2002
  • Doi Number: 10.1378/chest.122.6.2224
  • Journal Name: CHEST
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.2224-2229
  • Keywords: asbestos, environmental exposure, epidemiology, mesothelioma, pleural cancer, PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA, WESTERN-AUSTRALIA, FIBER EXPOSURE, TREMOLITE, TURKEY, CROCIDOLITE, CARCINOGENICITY, CALCIFICATIONS, MORTALITY, METSOVO
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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).