Uncommon causes of occupational interstitial lung diseases

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 405-411

  Gong Jr , Henry ^a  

^a RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; GLASS; INORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON DERIVATIVE; TALC; TITANIUM;

AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LUNG; METABOLISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARBON COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; CERIUM; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FIBROSIS; GLASS; HUMANS; LUNG; MICROCHEMISTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLUBILITY; TALC; TITANIUM;

EID: 0030224450     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-199609000-00010     Document Type: Article

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