Asbestos-related diseases
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asbestos-related-diseases-188-11660783
title:
Asbestos-related diseases
text:
Asbestos-related diseases are disorders of the lung and pleura caused by the inhalation of asbestos fibres. Asbestos-related diseases include non-malignant disorders such as asbestosis, diffuse pleural thickening, pleural plaques, pleural effusion, rounded atelectasis and malignancies such as lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma. People who worked in jobs with high asbestos dust exposure are at the highest risk of developing asbestos-related disease. However, exposure to asbestos may also occu
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wiki
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Medical condition
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos-related_diseases
date created:
2012-12-14T00:15:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T21:51:54Z
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