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Document ID (ISN)49578
CIS number 88-897
ISSN - Serial title 0465-546X - Medicina y seguridad del trabajo
Year 1985
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Fernández Granda A., González Domínguez A., Pérez Garrido S.
Title Asbestos and tobacco
Original title Asbesto y tabaco/Asbesto y tabaco [in Spanish]
Bibliographic information July-Sep. 1985, Vol.32, No.128, p.35-41; Oct.-Dec. 1985, Vol.32, No.129, p.27-34. 98 ref.
Abstract Literature survey on the interaction of exposure to tobacco smoke and asbestos in the evolution of lung cancer. Coverage: Part 1: histopathology of tobacco and asbestos; the impairment of the immune system of the lungs due to smoking. Part 2: carcinogenic effects of tobacco; mutagenic effects of tobacco and asbestos; the synergistic effects of asbestos and tobacco smoke.
Descriptors (primary) mutagenic effects; tobacco; asbestos; smoking; neoplasms; immunobiological changes; synergism; carcinogenic effects; lung cancer
Descriptors (secondary) literature survey; mineral fibres; bronchial cancer
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Dust, aerosols and related diseases
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Asbestos
Antifertility and prenatal effects
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
Smoking
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)