Browsing SPH Scholarly Articles by Keyword "asbestos"

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    • Asbestos Burden Predicts Survival in Pleural Mesothelioma 

      Christensen, Brock C.; Godleski, John Joseph; Roelofs, Cora R.; Longacker, Jennifer L.; Bueno, Raphael; Sugarbaker, David John; Marsit, Carmen J.; Nelson, Heather H.; Kelsey, Karl T. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2008)
      Background: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rapidly fatal asbestos-associated malignancy with a median survival time of < 1 year following diagnosis. Treatment strategy is determined in part using known ...

    • Grand Rounds: Asbestos-Related Pericarditis in a Boiler Operator 

      Abejie, Belayneh A.; Chung, Eugene H.; Nesto, Richard W.; Kales, Stefanos Nicholas (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2007)
      Context: Occupational and environmental exposures to asbestos remain a public health problem even in developed countries. Because of the long latency in asbestos-related pathology, past asbestos exposure continues to ...