Long-term respiratory disorders of claimers with subclinical exposure to chemical warfare agents

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 491-495

  Ghanei, Mostafa ^a   Fathi, Hosnieh ^a   Mohammad, Mohammad Mir ^a   Aslani, Jafar ^a   Nematizadeh, Fariborz ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; MUSTARD GAS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHEMICAL WARFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAN; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3142703826     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370490442421     Document Type: Article

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