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Asbestos, asbestosis, and lung cancer: a critical assessment of the epidemiological evidence
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- Published on: 29 April 2016
- Published on: 29 April 2016Asbestos and lung cancerShow More
Dear Editor,
The paper by Hessel and colleagues is a valuable summary of the somewhat conflicting literature concerning asbestos exposure and lung cancer risk in the absence of a clinical diagnosis of asbestosis. The authors rightly point out that the risk of lung cancer may be very different in patients exposed to different fibre types and with different degrees of fibrosis ranging from severe fibrosis on plain...
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