Cobalt-related lung diseases

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 158-164

  Cugell, David W ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cobalt; Hard metal; Occupational lung disease; Pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

COBALT; METAL; TUNGSTEN;

GIANT CELL; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; METABOLIC REGULATION; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; REVIEW;

EID: 0031861963     PISSN: 10680640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00045413-199805000-00003     Document Type: Review

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