Asbestosis and small cell lung cancer in a clutch refabricator

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 602-605

  Levin, Jeffrey L ^a   O'Sullivan, Michael F ^a   Corn, Carolyn J ^a   Williams, M Glenn ^a   Dodson, Ronald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestosis; Chrysotile asbestos; Electron microscopy; Ferruginous bodies; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOTILE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG HILUS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032815136     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.9.602     Document Type: Article

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