Flock worker's lung: Chronic interstitial lung disease in the nylon flocking industry

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 261-272

  Kern, David G ^a   Crausman, Robert S ^a   Durand, Kate T H ^b   Nayer, Ali ^a   Kuhn III, Charles ^a  

^a MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NYLON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 0031877475     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-129-4-199808150-00001     Document Type: Article

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