Studies conducted at Catholic Medical Center on asbestosis recently published

Scientists discuss in "Radiographic readings for asbestosis: misuse of science--validation of the ILO classification" new findings in asbestosis. "Radiographic readings for pneumoconiosis (both asbestosis and silicosis), even those using the International Labour Office (ILO) Classification, have received widespread negative coverage in the media and strong judicial rebuke. The medical literature over the past 90 years was reviewed for the relationships between radiographic severity (standardized as the ILO profusion score) and indices of exposure to silica or asbestos, tissue burden of silica particles or asbestos fibers, histologic fibrosis, various measurements of pulmonary function and...

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