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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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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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Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra, 2008 La asbestosis es una fibrosis pulmonar intersticial difusa secundaria a la inhalación de fibras de asbesto. Existe una relación dosis respuesta entre la exposición a asbesto y riesgo de desarrollar asbestosis, de tal forma que a mayor exposición, mayor ...
B. Marín Martínez, I. Clavera
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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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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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BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2017 Background Asbestosis and silicosis are progressive pneumoconioses characterized by interstitial fibrosis following exposure to asbestos or silica dust. We evaluated the potential diagnostic biomarkers for these diseases. Methods The serum concentrations
Changjiang Xue +5 more
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An Evaluation of Mortality Rates and Their Determinants in a Cohort of Former Asbestos Miners in South Africa. [PDF]
Am J Ind MedABSTRACT Background A causal association between occupational asbestos exposure and lung disease, including pneumoconiosis and mesothelioma, is well established. Elevated mortality among former asbestos miners is expected. However, large‐scale South African studies examining all‐cause mortality in this population are lacking.
Williams-Mohamed Y +3 more
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Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 BackgroundAsbestos exposure is closely related to the occurrence and development of various malignancies. This prospective cohort study aimed to evaluate the incidence rate and potential risk factors in a cohort of asbestosis patients in China.MethodsThe
Jingwei Wang +7 more
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Comorbidities and Causes of Death of Patients With Asbestosis [PDF]
, 2022 Objective: Comorbidities are common and affect the prognosis of patients with interstitial lung diseases, but few previous studies have investigated patients with asbestosis.Methods: We collected comorbidities and death causes of 116 patients with ...
Keskitalo, Eerika +9 more
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