Pulmonary fibrosis in a patient with exposure to glass wool fibers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1066-1069

  Guber, Alexander ^a,c   Lerman, Shimshon ^b   Lerman, Yehuda ^c   Ganor, Eli ^c   Trajber, Israel ^c   Edelstein, Evgeny ^a   Fireman, Elizabeth ^c  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Glass wool fibers; Induced sputum; Man made mineral fibers (MMMFs); Pulmonary interstitial fibrosis

Indexed keywords

GLASS WOOL FIBER; MINERAL FIBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; GLASS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; SPUTUM;

EID: 33845264158     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20394     Document Type: Article

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