Cytological changes of the respiratory tract in young adults related to high levels of air pollution exposure

Cytopathology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-28

  Djuricic S ^a   Plamenac, P ^a  

^a Mother and Child Health Institute Belgrade rs   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Air pollution; Sputum cytology; Squamous metaplasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; TIME;

EID: 0031885101     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.1998.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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