Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 10 , Pages 819-825 , October 2009

Porcelain Factory Worker With Asbestos-related Mesothelioma

  • Meng-Ting Tsou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Physicians, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jiin-Chyuan J. Luo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Occupational Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Jiin-Chyuan J. Luo, Department of Occupational Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 5 Fu Hsing Street, Kuei Shan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Received 28 November 2007 ,Revised 27 February 2008 ,Accepted 28 March 2008.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60411-3

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60411-3

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 10 , Pages 819-825 , October 2009

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