Rheumatoid pneumoconiosis: A comparative study of autopsy cases between Japan and North America

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 46, Issue , 2002, Pages 265-267

  Honma, Koichi ^a   Vallyathan, Val ^b  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

pneumoconiosis; rheumatoid arthritis; rheumatoid nodule; silicosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTHS; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SILICOSIS;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 0043100526     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/46.suppl-1.265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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