Pleural Effects of Environmental Asbestos Pollution in Corsica

By 1978, while surveying former chrysotile miners from Canari (located in the NE part of Corsica), we observed an anomalously high percentage (3.8 percent) of bilateral pleural plaques in a control group made up of subjects working in open air and not occupationally exposed to asbestos. Because thes...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1991-12, Vol.643 (1), p.438-443
Hauptverfasser:	VIALLAT, J. R., BOUTIN, C., STEINBAUER, J., GAUDICHET, A., DUFOUR, G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	560300 - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology Aged Aged, 80 and over Air Pollutants - adverse effects ASBESTOS Asbestos - adverse effects Asbestos - isolation & purification DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DISEASES EUROPE Female FRANCE HAZARDS HEALTH HAZARDS Humans Male MEMBRANES Mesothelioma - epidemiology Mesothelioma - etiology Mesothelioma - pathology Middle Aged OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES Occupational Diseases - epidemiology Occupational Diseases - etiology PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES PLEURA Pleural Diseases - diagnostic imaging Pleural Diseases - epidemiology Pleural Diseases - etiology Pleural Neoplasms - epidemiology Pleural Neoplasms - etiology Pleural Neoplasms - pathology RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT Radiography RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES SEROUS MEMBRANES
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