Thin-section CT abnormalities and pulmonary gas exchange impairment in workers exposed to asbestos

Radiology

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 66-74

  Sette, Andrea ^a   Neder, J Alberto ^a   Nery, Luiz E ^a   Kavakama, Jorge ^c   Rodrigues, Reinaldo T ^a   Terra Filho, Mario ^c   Guimarães, Sandra ^a   Bagatin, Ericson ^b   Müller, Nestor ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Computed tomography (CT), thin section; Lung, function; Pneumoconiosis

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLEURA PLAQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOSIS; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2942752090     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2321030392     Document Type: Article

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