Prevalence of small lung opacities in populations unexposed to dusts: A literature analysis

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 404-410

  Meyer, John D ^a,b   Islam, Syed S ^b   Ducatman, Alan M ^b   McCunney, Robert J ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

ILO classification; lung opacities; meta analysis; nondusty; unexposed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG OPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031020074     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.2.404     Document Type: Article

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