Relevance of asbestos bodies in sputum

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 680-686

  Teschler, H ^a,b   Thompson, A B ^a   Dollenkamp, R ^a   Konietzko, N ^a   Costabel, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b RUHRLANDKLINIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asbestos bodies; bronchoalveolar lavage; lung tissue; sputum

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOS BODY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE FILTER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

AGED; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; BIOPSY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; SPUTUM;

EID: 0029887091     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09040680     Document Type: Article

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