Some observations on the epidemiology of benign pleural disease

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 96-99

  McDonald, Corbett ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcification; Fibrosis; Malignancies; Thickening; Tremolite

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343792805     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X9700600207     Document Type: Article

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