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Interesting Imaging in a Patient With Lung Cancer Due to Asbestosis
Case Reports in Clinical Practice, 2020 Introduction: Asbestosis is a subtype of pneumoconiosis caused by asbestos that can lead to fibrosis and scarring the lung tissues. Case Report: Some of the asbestos-related diseases are calcifications, malignant mesothelioma, and pleural effusion ...
Anahita Bolbol Haghighi +1 more
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Thorax, 2020 Global incidence and temporal trends of asbestosis are rarely explored. Using the detailed information on asbestosis from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2017, we described the age-standardised incidence rate (ASIR) and its average annual percentage ...
Meng Yang +10 more
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The MUC5B promoter risk allele for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis predisposes to asbestosis
European Respiratory Journal, 2020 Asbestosis is a fibrosing interstitial pneumonitis, which can develop following occupational asbestos exposure and a lengthy latency period [1]. Even after strict regulations on the asbestos industry, an estimated 3400 individuals worldwide died as a ...
M. Platenburg +9 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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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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Distribution of Asbestos Enterprises and Asbestosis Cases — China, 1997−2019
China CDC Weekly, 2020 What is already known on this topic? Asbestos is classified as a Class I Carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) because exposure causes mesothelioma and lung cancer in addition to asbestosis and plaques. So far, asbestos has
Mingfeng Chen +5 more
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Cosmetic Talc-Related Pulmonary Granulomatosis. [PDF]
, 2017 Inhalation of cosmetic talc can lead to pulmonary foreign-body granulomatosis, though fewer than 10 cases of inhaled cosmetic talc-related pulmonary granulomatosis have been reported in adults.
Adams, Jason Y +3 more
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Factors Affecting Asbestosis Mortality Among Asbestos-Cement Workers in Italy.
Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 2020 OBJECTIVES This study was performed with the aim of investigating the temporal patterns and determinants associated with mortality from asbestosis among 21 cohorts of Asbestos-Cement (AC) workers who were heavily exposed to asbestos fibres.
P. Girardi +28 more
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Russian Journal of Occupational Health and Industrial Ecology, 2020 Introduction. Various industries widely use chrysotile asbestos, which determines the relevance of research aimed at the prevention of asbestos-related diseases.
L. Kuzmina +4 more
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