Occupational carcinogenesis. High-risk industrial groups: identification, education, and surveillance. Tyler Asbestos Workers Program.
It is concluded that sputum cytopathology is an excellent, simple, noninvasive, painless, and inexpensive means for early detection of malignant and premalignant lesions of the lung, and that no special techniques are necessary for the identification of ferruginous bodies.
D001194:Asbestos; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000139:chemically induced; D003043:Cocarcinogenesis; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012907:Smoking / Q000150:complications; D013183:Sputum / Q000166:cytology*; D013781:Texas
D001194:Asbestos