Update on respiratory disease from coal mine and silica dust

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 811-826

  Cohen, Robert ^a,b   Velho, Valerie ^b  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COAL MINING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DUST EXPOSURE; EMPHYSEMA; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TOXICITY; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SILICOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

COAL MINING; HUMANS; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS;

EID: 0036951239     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-5231(02)00026-6     Document Type: Review

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