Lung granulomatosis in a dental technician

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 628-631

  Brancaleone, P ^a   Weynand, B ^a   De Vuyst, P ^b   Stanescu, D ^a   Pieters, T ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aluminum dusts; Beryllium; Dental technician pneumoconiosis; Granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BERYLLIUM; VITALLIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG GRANULOMATOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS;

ADULT; DENTAL TECHNICIANS; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 0031743478     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199812)34:6<628::AID-AJIM12>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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