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Malignant pleural mesothelioma in Turkey, 2000-2002.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Aug 2004
Emri Salih, Demir Ahmet U
Abstract excerpt
Both asbestos and erionite related malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a serious health problem in Turkey. Erionite has a higher potency in the lung than asbestos and familial clustering of malignant mesothelioma suggests a genetic predisposition to this cancer among affected individuals. Neither Simian virus 40 (SV40) nor human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8) are co-factors in the pathenogenesis of environmentally...
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