Pneumoconioses and interstitial occupational lung disease

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: P. de Vuyst (Brussels, Belgium), B. Nemery (Leuven, Belgium)
Experience of CT scanning of the chest in screening a population at risk for asbestos-related diseases
J. Ameille, N. Mattei, F. Laurent, M. Letourneux, C. Paris, A. Clément, F. Conso, J. C. Pairon (Paris, Bordeaux, Caen, Nancy, Creteil, France)
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Causes of death in subjects with asbestosis
C. E. Bryant, D. H. Bryant (Sydney, Australia)
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Impact of environmental and occupational asbest exposure in village Yeniceli of Gaziantep
O. Elbek, O. Dikensoy, M. Tulu, E. Akbulut, Y. Agackiran, A. Ozkur, H. Yildiz, M. Cetin (Gaziantep, Ankara, Turkey)
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Changes in BAL cytotoxic parameters after 16week exposure to asbestos - amosite and its substitutes in rats
S. Cerna, M. Hurbankova, Z. Kovacikova, M. Beno, S. A. Kyrtopoulos (Bratislava, Slovakia; Athens, Greece)
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Infrequent apoptosis of bronchoalveolar lavage lymphocytes (L-BALs) in pneumoconioses
P. Kopinski, J. Szczeklik, J. Soja, K. Sladek, G. Pinis, A. Szpachcinski, J. Trojan (Bydgoszcz, Krakow, Poland)
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ANCA positivity is not associated with rheumatoid factor nor with Caplan´s syndrome in asbestos exposure
P. Daniela, B. Jirina, F. Zdenka, H. Marie, L. Jindriška, K. Pavlína (Prague, Czech Republic)
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Pleural pathology and lung fibrosis in patients with retroperitoneal fibrosis
T. Uibu, R. Jarvenpaa, J. Hakomaki, E. Honkanen, K. Metsarinne, P. Oksa (Tampere, Helsinki, Turku, Finland)
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Study of NF2 and P16/CDKN2A genes in lung cancer in patients occupationally exposed to asbestos
J. Wang, J. C. Pairon, I. Abd-Alsamad, C. Danel, F. Galateau-Sallé, M. C. Jaurand (Créteil, Paris, Caen, France)
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Particular aspects of the organism’s response to asbestos exposure
D. Popa, F. Gradinariu (Iasi, Romania)
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Intra-laboratory reproducibility of asbestos fibre counts
R. L. Attanoos, A. R. Gibbs, F. F. Pooley (Cardiff, United Kingdom)
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Persistence of respiratory symptoms and loss of pulmonary function associated with man made mineral fibres occupational exposure
M. Margineanu, R. Danulescu, M. Bohosievici (Iasi, Romania)
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Differential hemeoxygenase-1(HO-1) expression in rat lungs exposed to crocidolite and silicon carbide whisker (SiCW)
H. Nagatomo, Y. Morimoto, M. Hirohashi, T. Oyabu, A. Ogami, H. Yamato, K. Kuroda, M. Kido, I. Tanaka (Kitakyusyu, Japan)
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Lung cancer screening with low dose spiral computed tomography in coal miners
L. Kart, A. Savranlar, R. Altin, H. Altinok, M. Tor, T. Ornek, S. Gundogdu (Zonguldak, Turkey)
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Determination of silicosis in porcelain factory workers
E. Sonmez, B. Tutluoglu, Y. Turgut, C. Akman, E. S. Duman, B. Yuksel, B. Musellim (Istanbul, Turkey)
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ANCA positivity is not associated with rheumatoid factor nor with Caplan´s syndrome in silica exposure
D. Pelclová, J. Bartunková, Z. Fenclová, J. Lebedová, M. Hladíková, P. Klusácková (Prague, Czech Republic)
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Antioxidant response at early stages and low grades of simple coal worker’s pneumoconiosis diagnosed by high resolution computed tomography
R. Altin, F. Armutcu, L. Kart, A. Gurel, A. Savranlar, H. Ozdemir (Zonguldak, Turkey)
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The presence of promatrix metalloproteinases-3 (proMMP-3) and its relation with different categories of coal worker’s pneumoconiosis
R. Altin, L. Kart, I. Tekin, F. Armutcu, M. Tor, T. Ornek (Zonguldak, Turkey)
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Pro-inflammatory cytokines in pathogenesis professional occupetional pulmonary disease
T. Elena, M. Irina, B. Andrey, O. Galina (St Petersburg, Russia)
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Oxidant activity of phagocytes in occupational lung diseases
A. A. Bazhanov, G. P. Orlova, T. P. Ses, H. V. Surkova (St Petersburg, Saudi Arabia)
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Pulmonary functional and histological changes induced by residual oil fly ash
L. Nagato, S. Fagundes, F. Brandão, P. Bozza, O. Malm, P. Saldiva, P. Rocco, W. Zin (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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