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Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2009 Background Accuracy in the clinical diagnosis of asbestosis has significant implications for the future health of affected patients as well as serious medicolegal implications for both patients and asbestos-associated industries.
Carter J Elliot +2 more
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022 Background Asbestosis and fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (FHP) share the pathogenetic mechanisms induced bronchiolocentric fibrotic process secondary to inhalation exposure.
Ruimin Ma +5 more
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Epidemiology of Asbestosis between 2010–2014 and 2015–2019 Periods in Colombia: Descriptive Study [PDF]
Annals of Global Health, 2023 Background: Asbestosis is a prevalent worldwide problem, but scarce data sourced from developing countries are available. We describe the sociodemographic characteristics and patterns in the occurrence of care provided for asbestosis in Colombia during ...
Gabriel Camero +6 more
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Asbestosis Mimicking Metastatic Lung Cancer: Case Report
Medicina, 2021 The clinical diagnosis of asbestosis is primarily based on chest radiographic evidence of pleural thickening and interstitial fibrosis combined with a history of exposure to asbestos.
Jin An, Minjeong Song, Boksoon Chang
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Smoking-associated fibrosis and pulmonary asbestosis
International Journal of COPD, 2014 Jacob R Bledsoe,1 David C Christiani,2 Richard L Kradin1,2 1Department of Pathology, 2Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Abstract: The diagnosis of pulmonary asbestosis is most often established based on clinical ...
Bledsoe JR, Christiani DC, Kradin RL
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Constrictive pericarditis in a patient with fiberglass lung disease: a case report [PDF]
BMC Pulmonary MedicineBackground Fiberglass has a larger aerodynamic diameter and is less likely to be inhaled into the lungs. Further, it will be cleared even if it is mechanically broken into smaller pieces and inhaled into the lungs.
Chan-Yang Hsu +5 more
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Expression of microRNAs in leukocytes and serum of asbestosis patients [PDF]
European Journal of Medical Research, 2023 Background Although asbestos use is banned in many countries, long latency of asbestos-related diseases like pleural plaques or asbestosis mean it is still a public health issue.
Vivien Kauschke +2 more
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The asbestos–asbestosis exposure–response relationship: a cohort study of the general working population [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & HealthOBJECTIVES: The association between asbestos exposure and asbestosis in high-exposed industrial cohorts is well-known, but there is a lack of knowledge about the exposure–response relationship for asbestosis in a general working population setting.
Inge Brosbøl Iversen +12 more
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The PERK/ATF4 pathway is required for metabolic reprogramming and progressive lung fibrosis [PDF]
JCI InsightAsbestosis is a prototypical type of fibrosis that is progressive and does not resolve. ER stress is increased in multiple cell types that contribute to fibrosis; however, the mechanism(s) by which ER stress in lung macrophages contributes to fibrosis is
Jyotsana Pandey +5 more
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Pleural plaques in smoking-associated fibrosis and pulmonary asbestosis
International Journal of COPD, 2015 Rahul G Sangani,1 Andrew J Ghio,2 John E Parker11Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA; 2Environmental Public Health Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, US ...
Sangani RG, Ghio AJ, Parker JE
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