Calcified Pleural Plaques due to Exposure to Asbestos

Authors

  • Mário Rodrigues Unidade Funcional Medicina 1.2, Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2384-4471
  • Manuel Monteiro Unidade Funcional Medicina 1.2, Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
  • Vera Salvado Unidade Funcional Medicina 1.2, Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
  • Alexandra Gaspar Unidade Funcional Medicina 2.1, Hospital Santo António dos Capuchos, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portuga

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24950/rspmi/imagem/43/3/2018

Keywords:

Asbestosis, Calcinosis, Occupational Exposure, Pleural Diseases

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Published

2022-04-01

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Rodrigues M, Monteiro M, Salvado V, Gaspar A. Calcified Pleural Plaques due to Exposure to Asbestos. RPMI [Internet]. 2022 Apr. 1 [cited 2024 Nov. 22];25(3):211-2. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/481

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Vol. 25 No. 3 (2018): Julho/Setembro

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