Giant cell interstitial pneumonia (hard metal lung disease, cobalt lung)

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 435-447

  Nemery, B ^a   Verbeken, E K ^a   Demedts, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Diamond; Tungsten carbide

Indexed keywords

COBALT; DIAMOND; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COBALT LUNG; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GIANT CELL; GIANT CELL INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; HARD METAL LUNG DISEASE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034829986     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-17386     Document Type: Conference Paper

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