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Asbestosis

Known as: Asbestoses, Asbestosis [Disease/Finding], PULMONARY ASBESTOSIS 
A lung disease caused by breathing in particles of asbestos (a group of minerals that take the form of tiny fibers). Symptoms include coughing… 
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2015
2015
Study on genotoxicity, oxidative stress biomarkers and clinical symptoms in workers of an asbestos-cement factory
The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether the markers of oxidative stress could be altered in workers exposed… 
2002
2002
Fibre-years, pulmonary asbestos burden and asbestosis.
The relations between cumulative asbestos fibre doses at the work-places and asbestos burden of the lung evaluated by lung dust… 
1985
1985
Pulmonary bombesin in experimentally induced asbestosis in rats.
The pulmonary levels of immunoreactive bombesin in normal rat lungs and rat lungs exposed to asbestos were determined… 
1984
1984
Pulmonary and systemic immunoregulatory changes during the development of experimental asbestosis.
Initial studies on the effects of low dose exposure to asbestos on pulmonary and systemic immune responses have revealed a bi… 
1981
1981
Mortality among workers receiving compensation for asbestosis in Ontario.
Mortality among 172 workers who received workmen's compensation for asbestosis in Ontario was investigated and the causes of… 
1972
1972
Asbestosis following brief exposure in cigarette filter manufacture.
  • A. GoffE. Gaensler
  • Respiration; international review of thoracic…
  • 1972
  • Corpus ID: 3321665
Severe asbestosis was found on lung biopsy in a 47-year-old woolen mill worker, who, 16 years before, was exposed to asbestos… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
Pleural calcification as a roentgenologic sign of non-occupational endemic anthophyllite-asbestosis.
1946
1946
Coexistent Pulmonary Asbestosis and Sarcoidosis.
Pulmonary asbestosis, regarded as a "modern disease" by Gloyne and Merewether,' was first described by Murray2 in I900. 'Although… 
Review
1939
Review
1939
Pulmonary Asbestosis: V. A Report of Bronchial Carcinoma and Epithelial Metaplasia
Following our report in 1935 (1), some further interest in the occurrence of lung cancer in asbestosis has been manifested. Six… 
Review
1936
Review
1936
Asbestosis : a Roentgenologic Review of 71 Cases.
ASBESTOS has been used in industry for centuries. It would seem that the pathologic action of this dust in the lungs would have…