'Black spots' and hyaline pleural plaques on the parietal pleura of 150 urban necropsy cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1198-1206

  Mitchev, Krassimir ^a   Dumortier, Pascal ^a   De Vuyst, Paul ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Pleura; Pleural anthracosis; Pleural plaques

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS FIBER;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INHALATION; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA PLAQUE; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; CARBON; COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PLEURAL DISEASES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0036723902     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200209000-00010     Document Type: Article

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