[Asbestos-related diseases].

نویسندگان

  • Mário Terra Filho
  • Jefferson Benedito Pires de Freitas
  • Luiz Eduardo Nery
چکیده

This chapter presents a bibliographic review of asbestos-related diseases. The latest diagnostic, radiological, computed tomography and lung function aspects of benign pleural disease, asbestosis, occupational lung cancer and mesothelioma are discussed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia

دوره 32 Suppl 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006