Ultra-low-dose chest computer tomography screening of an asbestos-exposed population in Western Australia

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jan 1;191(1):113-6. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201409-1687LE.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Asbestos / adverse effects*
  • Asbestosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Asbestosis / epidemiology
  • Early Detection of Cancer / statistics & numerical data*
  • Environmental Exposure / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Lung Neoplasms / etiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mortality / trends
  • Occupational Exposure / adverse effects
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Prevalence
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Radiography, Thoracic / methods
  • Smoking / adverse effects*
  • Smoking / epidemiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Western Australia / epidemiology

Substances

  • Asbestos