Causes of pulmonary impairment in asbestos-exposed individuals with diffuse pleural thickening

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 3 I, 1996, Pages 789-793

  Kee, Stephen T ^a   Gamsu, Gordon ^a,b   Blanc, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA THICKENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 0029793325     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.154.3.8810620     Document Type: Article

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