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Asbestosis [PDF]

open access: yesThe Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1999
Halkic, N., Gintzburger, D., Gillet, M.
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Constrictive pericarditis in a patient with fiberglass lung disease: a case report

open access: yesBMC Pulmonary Medicine
Background 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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Asbestosis and pleural plaques

open access: yes, 2018
Asbestos was used in numerous products until its total ban in Denmark in 1988. The prevalence of asbestosis and pleural plaques does not yet appear to be falling.
Bønløkke, Jakob Hjort   +8 more
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Cigarette smoking decreases macrophage-dependent clearance to impact the biological effects of occupational and environmental particle exposures

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
The retention of occupational and environmental particles in the lung is a primary determinant of biological effects. In the distal respiratory tract, particle clearance includes phagocytosis by alveolar macrophages (AMs), migration to the terminal ...
Andrew J. Ghio   +4 more
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Soft Tissue: Emphysema, Asbestosis

open access: yes, 1900
Lung: Centrilobular Emphysema Mild Asbestosis: Diaphragmatic Asbestotic Fibrous Plaque (2 sections: lung ...
MUSC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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Imaging and imagination in the diagnostics of asbestosis

open access: yes, 2020
Two cases of asbestosis diagnosed on the basis of anamnestic, clinical, and instrumental criteria, were not confirmed by forensic autopsy ordered by the public prosecutor to ascertain the cause of death.
Marradi, Ilaria, Candura, Stefano M.
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Pleural plaques in smoking-associated fibrosis and pulmonary asbestosis

open access: yesInternational 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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Respiratory: Emphysema, Asbestosis

open access: yes, 1900
Lung: Centrilobular Emphysema Mild Asbestosis; Diaphragm: Asbestotic Fibrous Plaque (2 ...
MUSC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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Asbestosis in an asbestos composite mill at Mumbai: A prevalence study

open access: yesEnvironmental Health, 2005
Background Of an estimated 100000 workers exposed to asbestos in India, less than 30 have been compensated. The reasons for such a small number are: refusal by management sponsored studies to grant medical certifications to workers suffering from ...
Kanhere Vijay, Murlidhar V
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Pulmonary asbestosis: radiologic-pathologic brief report

open access: yes, 1997
Pulmonary asbestosis is defined as bilateral diffuse interstitial fibrosis of the lungs caused by exposure to asbestos. Many occupations are at risk for asbestos exposure, particularly in the mining, milling, manufacturing, construction, shipbuilding ...
김형중, 안철민
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