Inhalational talc pneumoconiosis: Radiographic and CT findings in 14 patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 326-333

  Akira, Masanori ^a   Kozuka, Takenori ^a   Yamamoto, Satoru ^a   Sakatani, Mitsunori ^a   Morinaga, Kenji ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KINKI CHUO CHEST MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chest; High resolution CT; Lung; Pneumoconiosis; Radiography; Talc; Thin section CT

Indexed keywords

TALC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INHALATION; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SILICOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; TALC;

EID: 33846549104     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0865     Document Type: Article

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