A longitudinal study of chest radiographic changes of workers in the refractory ceramic fiber industry

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2044-2051

  Lockey, James E ^a   LeMasters, Grace K ^a   Levin, Linda ^a   Rice, Carol ^a   Yiin, James ^a   Reutman, Susan ^a   Papes, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interstitial fibrosis; Man made mineral fibers; Man made vitreous fibers; Pleural plaques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CERAMIC INDUSTRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA DISEASE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036279558     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.6.2044     Document Type: Article

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