Asbestos: MedlinePlus
Asbestos-Related Lung Diseases From the National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute); Asbestosis(Mayo Foundation for Medical ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/asbestos.html...
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NIH - Asbestos/Asbestosis
Official website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the US Department of ...
http://health.nih.gov/topic/AsbestosAsbestosis...
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Asbestos, asbestosis, and lung cancer: observations in Quebec ...
Asbestosis nonetheless would be useful in identifying asbestos-attributable lung cancer cases if it could be proven an infallible exposure indicator. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1470135/...
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Asbestosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Asbestosis is a chronic inflammatory medical condition affecting the parenchymal tissue of the lungs. It occurs after long-term, heavy exposure to asbestos ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestosis...
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Asbestos, asbestosis, and cancer: the Helsinki criteria for ...
Scand J Work Environ Health. 1997 Aug;23(4):311-6. Asbestos, asbestosis, and cancer: the Helsinki criteria for diagnosis and attribution. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9322824...
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Asbestos-Related Disorders: Environmental Pulmonary Diseases ...
Asbestosis is a much more common consequence of asbestos exposure than cancer. Shipbuilders, textile and construction workers, ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec05/ch057/ch057c.html...
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Asbestos, asbestosis, and lung cancer: a critical assessment of ...
The question of whether lung cancer can be attributed to asbestos exposure in the absence of asbestosis remains controversial. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15860721...
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Asbestosis: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Patient Instructions. Interstitial lung disease - adults - discharge. Asbestosis is a respiratory disease brought on by inhaling asbestos fibers. ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000118.htm...
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Asbestos, asbestosis, pleural plaques and lung cancer.
Inhalation of asbestos fibers increases the risk of bronchial carcinoma. It has been claimed that asbestosis is a necessary prerequisite for the malignancy, ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9167232...
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The Attribution of Lung Cancers to Asbestos Exposure: Abstract and ...
26 Feb 2002 ... The criteria settled by the International Expert Meeting on Asbestos, Asbestosis and Cancer convened in Helsinki in 1997 are not very much ...
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/422885...
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