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Asbestos Exposure and Severity of COVID-19.

Galo GranadosMaría Sáez-LópezCristina AljamaJúlia SampolMaría Jesús CruzJaume Ferrernull Se-Covid-Team
Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2022)
In hospitalised patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, those with occupational exposure to asbestos more frequently needed respiratory support. However, an independent association between asbestos exposure and COVID-19 severity could not be confirmed.
Keyphrases
  • coronavirus disease
  • sars cov
  • respiratory syndrome coronavirus
  • community acquired pneumonia
  • extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
  • respiratory tract
  • acute respiratory distress syndrome