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Comment
. 2018 Jan;75(1):77.
doi: 10.1136/oemed-2017-104640. Epub 2017 Oct 21.

Response to: 'Pleural abnormalities in the Framingham Heart Study: prevalence and CT image features' by Araki et al

Alfred Franzblau  1 , Vinicius C Antao  2 , Germania Pinheiro  3 , Theodore Larson  3
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Comment

Response to: 'Pleural abnormalities in the Framingham Heart Study: prevalence and CT image features' by Araki et al

Alfred Franzblau et al. Occup Environ Med. 2018 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: asbestos; chest computed tomography; materials, exposures and occupational groups; pleural abnormalities.

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Competing interests: AF has served as an expert witness in asbestos litigation.

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