Pneumoconiosis in Rush Mat Workers Exposed to Clay Dye "Sendo" Dust: Clinical, Radiologic, and Histopathologic Features in Seven Patients

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Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 737-743

  Fujimoto, Kiminori ^a   Müller, Nestor L ^b   Kato, Seiya ^a   Terasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Sadohara, Junko ^a   Rikimaru, Toru ^a   Hayabuchi, Naofumi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clay; CT; Dyes; Lung; Occupational diseases; Pathology; Pneumoconiosis; Silicosis; Thoracic radiography

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY; WORKER;

EID: 10744220683     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.2.737     Document Type: Article

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