| Document ID (ISN) | 29033 |
| CIS number |
78-644 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0003-0805 - American Review of Respiratory Disease |
| Year |
1977 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Hasan F.M., Nash G., Kazemi H. |
| Title |
The significance of asbestos exposure in the diagnosis of mesothelioma: A 28-year experience from a major urban hospital. |
| Bibliographic information |
May 1977, Vol.115, No.5, p.761-768. 27 ref. |
| Abstract |
Epidemiological survey (1945-1972) carried out from the records of patients with histopathologic diagnosis of diffuse malignant mesothelioma in a major urban hospital situated not far from a shipyard. Of the 36 cases on file 14 were occupationally exposed to asbestos, but many of the non-exposed remainder lived near the shipyard. The occupationally exposed patients included shipyard workers (pipecover and filter fitters, welders, 1 boilermaker, etc.), an asbestos factory worker, a floor tiler, a textile mill operator, etc. Results of the survey (many in tabular form), roentgenographic findings, observed symptoms, smoking history, etc. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
asbestos; shipbuilding industry; respirable dust; pleural mesothelioma |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; epidemiologic study; shipyards; symptoms |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Dust, aerosols and related diseases
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Shipbuliding and ship repair
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Asbestos
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