Refractory ceramic fiber exposure and pleural plaques

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1405-1410

  Lockey, James ^a   Lemasters, Grace ^a   Rice, Carol ^a   Hansen, Karen ^a   Levin, Linda ^a   Shipley, Ralph ^a   Spitz, Harold ^a   Wiot, Jerome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS FIBER;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBER; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029799339     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.154.5.8912756     Document Type: Article

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