Titanium particles identified by energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis within the lungs of a painter at autopsy

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-129

  Humble, Scott ^a   Tucker, J Allan ^a   Boudreaux, Carole ^a   King, Judy A C ^a   Snell, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung; Pneumoconiosis; Titanium; X ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; IRON; SILICON; TITANIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY MICROANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; PAINTER; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PAINT; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; TITANIUM;

EID: 0038136756     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120309925     Document Type: Article

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