Pneumoconiosis in a female worker exposed to a primer used in the production of non-stick pans: Clinical case

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 459-465

  Di Lorenzo, Luigi ^a   De Tommaso, C ^b   Lastilla, G ^b   Massola, A ^c   Soleo, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b U Oper di Anat Patologica Bari   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Low crystalline silica concentration; Mixed dust pneumoconiosis; Non stick pans; Primer

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; BENTONITE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; IRON OXIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TALC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; SILICATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; COOKING; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GIANT CELL GRANULOMA; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG MICRONODULE; LUNG NODULE; MICROANALYSIS; MINERAL DUST; MIXED DUST PNEUMOCONIOSIS; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; NON STICK PAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIMER; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; CHEMISTRY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PATHOLOGY; POWDER; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BENTONITE; COOKERY; FEMALE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; POWDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SILICATES; TALC;

EID: 0642312476     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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