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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-12-23
pubmed:abstractText
The profiles of occupational asbestos exposure were investigated in a series of 66 hospital patients in whom pleural plaques constituted the only asbestos-induced abnormality. The relationship between a radiological semiquantitative score of pleural plaques and indices of asbestos exposure was also examined. On the basis of a standardized occupational questionnaire, four classes of asbestos exposure were distinguished in our study population: no evidence of exposure, low-level exposure, sporadic exposure at higher levels, and a remaining group of individuals with substantial exposure. Asbestos body count in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) was used as an objective indicator of cumulative lung retention of asbestos. Our results support the data indicating that pleural plaques may occur in subjects with low-level or sporadic asbestos exposure. Although it is admitted that pleural plaques are strongly associated with past asbestos exposure, our data suggest that the stage of pleural plaques was not correlated to the level, frequency, duration of exposure nor to the amount of asbestos bodies in the BALF in subjects free of any lung parenchymal abnormalities on high resolution computerized tomography.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0271-3586
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
349-58
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-2-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Pleural plaques, asbestos exposure, and asbestos bodies in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM Unité 139, Créteil, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article