Changing patterns in asbestos-induced lung disease [1]

Chest

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 999-

  De Vujst, Paul ^a   Gevenois, Pierre Alain ^a   Van Muylem, Alain ^a   Yernault, Jean Claude ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG VOLUME; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 19444368956     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.3.999     Document Type: Letter

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