No decrease expected in asbestosis mortality soon
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Annet LenderinkPosted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:03pmAsbestosis mortality in the USA: facts and predictions
V C dos Santos Antao, G A Pinheiro and J T Wassell, Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2009; 66:335-338
Mortality trends in the USA show that deaths from asbestosis are increasing, while deaths related to other pneumoconiosis are declining. To analyse the association between asbestos
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No decrease expected in asbestosis mortality soon
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Annet LenderinkPosted
Mon 18 May 2009 11:41pmAsbestosis mortality in the USA: facts and predictions
V C dos Santos Antao, G A Pinheiro and J T Wassell, Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2009; 66:335-338
Mortality trends in the USA show that deaths from asbestosis are increasing, while deaths related to other pneumoconiosis are declining. To analyse the association between asbestos
Read on »
Asbestosis mortality in the USA: ...
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Annet LenderinkPosted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:03pmAsbestosis mortality in the USA: facts and predictions
V C dos Santos Antao, G A Pinheiro and J T Wassell, Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2009; 66:335-338
Mortality trends in the USA show that deaths from asbestosis are increasing, while deaths related to other pneumoconiosis are declining. To analyse the association between asbestos
Read on »
Asbestosis figures from British Columbia
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Annet LenderinkPosted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:03pm
To get insight in the true burden of asbestosis in the population it’s not enough to rely on a single source. Triangulation of workers’ compensation, hospitalisation and outpatient databases records is necessary to get a better picture.
Population-based asbestosis surveillance in British Columbia
W Q Gan, P A Demers, C B McLeod M Koehoorn
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Asbestosis figures from British Columbia
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Annet LenderinkPosted
Wed 28 Oct 2009 11:02pm
To get insight in the true burden of asbestosis in the population it’s not enough to rely on a single source. Triangulation of workers’ compensation, hospitalisation and outpatient databases records is necessary to get a better picture.
Population-based asbestosis surveillance in British Columbia
W Q Gan, P A Demers, C B McLeod M Koehoorn
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Turning 13 or 16 or 18 or 21…or 30…or more…
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Karen R.Posted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 12:29pm
Two weekends ago I turned 30. My darling husband threw me quite the party, I went out dancing with friends after, and we started a major art project in our front yard. Quite the perfect weekend, for me.
Since then, I have been ruminating on age and on these milestones. I was talking with a dear friend who also turned 30 this year, and I ask ...
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Head or Heart (or kidneys, or eyes, or...)
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Penny ..Posted
Fri 05 Dec 2008 12:26pm
Every parent wants what’s best for their child. You want them to grow up strong and healthy. You want them to have a strong and healthy body. You also want them to be mentally strong, not just smart, but mentally healthy too. You want them to have high self-esteem. You don’t want them to feel isolated or different.
The physical part isn’t ...
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"Take two (or so) and call me in the morning (or next week or next month or next year)."
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Sandi W.Posted
Wed 17 Feb 2010 9:27am
A large study that was just published shows that women with breast cancer who take aspirin are more likely to live longer and to not have a cancer recurrence than women who don't take aspirin.
Doctors at three Boston-area hospitals observed 4,164 female registered
nurses in the Nurses’ Health Study who were diagnosed with stages I, II, or I ...
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