Analysis of asbestos bodies in BAL from subjects with particular exposures

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 699-704

  De Vuyst, Paul ^a,b   Dumortier, Pascal ^a   Cevenois, Pierre Alain ^a,b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Occupational Disease Fund   (Belgium)

Author keywords

asbestos bodies; bronchoalveolar lavage; mesothelioma; occupational disease

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PLEURA CANCER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ASBESTOS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL FIBERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURAL DISEASES; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

EID: 0030893035     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199706)31:6<699::AID-AJIM5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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