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What are complications associated with asbestosis?

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Respiratory failure (risk factors is cumulative exposure to asbestos, duration, symptoms of dyspnea, honeycombing, diffuse pleural thickening, cigartte smoke, fiber type) Malignancy (risk include exposure to both smoke and asbestos (asbestos alone: 6 fold, cigarette smoking: 11 fold, both together: 59 folds malignancy)


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