"Asbestosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A form of pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of asbestos fibers which elicit potent inflammatory responses in the parenchyma of the lung. The disease is characterized by interstitial fibrosis of the lung, varying from scattered sites to extensive scarring of the alveolar interstitium.
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D001195
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.381.483.581.125 C08.381.520.702.125 C24.800.127
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Asbestosis" by people in Profiles.
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Temporal Patterns of Exposure to Asbestos and Risk of Asbestosis: An Analysis of a Cohort of Asbestos Textile Workers. J Occup Environ Med. 2018 06; 60(6):536-541.
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[Health surveillance programme for workers with past asbestos exposure in Tuscany Region (Central Italy)]. Epidemiol Prev. 2018 Mar-Apr; 42(2):171-177.
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Asbestos exposure biomarkers in the follow-up of asbestos-exposed workers. Ind Health. 2018 Jun 01; 56(3):249-254.
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State-of-the-art nanopathological diagnostics. Ultrastruct Pathol. 2017 Sep-Oct; 41(5):309-311.
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Italian pool of asbestos workers cohorts: mortality trends of asbestos-related neoplasms after long time since first exposure. Occup Environ Med. 2017 12; 74(12):887-898.
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Chest ultrasonography in health surveillance of asbestos-related lung diseases. Toxicol Ind Health. 2017 Jun; 33(6):537-546.