Obliterative central bronchitis due to mineral dust in patients with pneumoconiosis

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-62

  Kampalath, Bal N ^a   McMahon, James T ^b   Cohen, Alan ^a   Tomashefski Jr , Joseph F ^a   Kleinerman, Jerome ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MetroHealth Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUBBER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AGED; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE LUNG LOBE SYNDROME; MINERAL DUST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SPECTROSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHI; BRONCHITIS; DUST; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MINERAL FIBERS; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031923045     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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