Asbestosis

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Markowitz SB, Levin SM, Miller A, et al. Asbestos, asbestosis, smoking, and lung cancer. New findings from the North American insulator cohort. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Jul 1;188(1):90-6. Abstract

Banks DE, Shi R, McLarty J, et al. American College of Chest Physicians consensus statement on the respiratory health effects of asbestos. Results of a Delphi study. Chest. 2017 Sep 18;4(1):e000223.Full text  Abstract

1. American Thoracic Society. Diagnosis and initial management of nonmalignant diseases related to asbestos. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004 Sep 15;170(6):691-715.Full text  Abstract

2. Wolff H, Vehmas T, Oksa P, et al. Asbestos, asbestosis, and cancer, the Helsinki criteria for diagnosis and attribution 2014: recommendations. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2015 Jan;41(1):5-15.Full text  Abstract

3. International Labour Organization. Guidelines for the use of the ILO international classification of radiographs of pneumoconioses - revised edition 2022. Feb 2023 [internet publication].Full text

4. Rom WN. Asbestosis, pleural fibrosis and lung cancer. In: Rom WN, Markowitz SB, eds. Environmental and occupational medicine 4th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2007:298-316.

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6. Health and safety executive. Asbestos-related disease statistics, Great Britain 2024​. Jul 2024 [internet publication].Full text

7. Collegium Ramazzini. The 18th Collegium Ramazzini statement: The global health dimensions of asbestos and asbestos-related diseases. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2016 Jan;42(1):86-90.Full text  Abstract

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13. Constantopoulos SH, Theodoracopoulos P, Dascalopoulos G, et al. Metsovo lung outside Metsovo. Endemic pleural calcifications in the ophiolite belts of Greece. Chest. 1991 May;99(5):1158-61. Abstract

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19. Ohar J, Sterling DA, Bleeker E, et al. Changing patterns in asbestos-induced lung disease. Chest. 2004 Feb;125(2):744-53. Abstract

20. Kilburn KH, Warshaw RH. Airway obstruction in asbestos-exposed shipyard workers with and without irregular opacities. Respir Med. 1990 Nov;84(6):449-55. Abstract

21. De Vuyst P, Dumortier P, Moulin E, et al. Diagnostic value of asbestos bodies in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1987 Nov;136(5):1219-24. Abstract

22. deShazo RD, Daul CB, Morgan JE, et al. Immunological investigations in asbestos exposed workers. Chest. 1986 Mar;89(3 Suppl):162S-165S. Abstract

23. Rosenman KD, Reilly MJ. Asbestos-related x-ray changes in foundry workers. Am J Ind Med. 1998 Aug;34(2):197-201. Abstract

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25. Selikoff IJ, Seidman H. Asbestos-associated deaths among workers in the United States and Canada, 1967-1987. Ann NY Acad Sci. 1991 Dec 31;643:1-14. Abstract

26. Markowitz SB, Levin SM, Miller A, et al. Asbestos, asbestosis, smoking, and lung cancer. New findings from the North American insulator cohort. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Jul 1;188(1):90-6. Abstract

27. Lee PN. Relation between exposure to asbestos and smoking jointly and the risk of lung cancer. Occup Environ Med. 2001 Mar;58(3):145-53.Full text  Abstract

28. Frost G, Darnton A, Harding AH. The effect of smoking on the risk of lung cancer mortality for asbestos workers in Great Britain (1971-2005). Ann Occup Hyg. 2011 Apr;55(3):239-47.Full text  Abstract

29. Olsson AC, Vermeulen R, Schüz J, et al. Exposure-response analyses of asbestos and lung cancer subtypes in a pooled analysis of case-control studies. Epidemiology. 2017 Mar;28(2):288-99.Full text  Abstract

30. Markowitz SB. Lung cancer screening in asbestos-exposed populations. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Feb 25;19(5):2688.Full text  Abstract

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33. Dowman L, Hill CJ, May A, et al. Pulmonary rehabilitation for interstitial lung disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Feb 1;2(2):CD006322.Full text  Abstract

34. Suntharalingam J, Wilkinson T, Annandale J, et al. British Thoracic Society quality standards for home oxygen use in adults. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2017 Sep 18;4(1):e000223.Full text  Abstract

35. Alalawi R, Whelan T, Bajwa RS. Lung transplantation and interstitial lung disease. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2005 Sep;11(5):461-6. Abstract

36. Miedema JR, Moor CC, Veltkamp M, et al. Safety and tolerability of pirfenidone in asbestosis: a prospective multicenter study. Respir Res. 2022 May 28;23(1):139.Full text  Abstract

37. Banks DE, Shi R, McLarty J, et al. American College of Chest Physicians consensus statement on the respiratory health effects of asbestos. Results of a Delphi study. Chest. 2017 Sep 18;4(1):e000223.Full text  Abstract

38. Kwak K, Paek D, Zoh KE. Exposure to asbestos and the risk of colorectal cancer mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Occup Environ Med. 2019 Nov;76(11):861-71.Full text  Abstract

39. Peng WJ, Mi J, Jiang YH. Asbestos exposure and laryngeal cancer mortality. Laryngoscope. 2016 May;126(5):1169-74.Full text  Abstract

40. Pass HI, Levin SM, Harbut MR, et al. Fibulin-3 as a blood and effusion biomarker for pleural mesothelioma. New Eng J Med. 2013 Jul 1;188(1):90-6.Full text  Abstract

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42. US Preventive Services Task Force., Bibbins-Domingo K, Grossman DC, et al. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. JAMA. 2016 Jun 21;315(23):2564-75.Full text  Abstract

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44. US Preventive Services Task Force, Krist AH, Davidson KW, et al. Screening for lung cancer: US Preventive services Task Force recommendation statement. JAMA. 2021 Mar 9;325(10):962-70.Full text  Abstract

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