Pleural thickening in mild kaolinosis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1106-1109

  Chaudhary, Bashir A ^a   Kanes, George J ^a   Pool, W H ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KAOLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA THICKENING; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030720804     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199711000-00010     Document Type: Article

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