Wood charcoal and activated carbon dust pneumoconiosis in three workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-196

  De Capitani, Eduardo Mello ^a,e   Algranti, Eduardo ^b   Handar, Aantonieta M Z ^c   Altemani, Albina M A ^a   Ferreira, R G ^d   Balthazar, Alipio Barbosa ^a   Cerqueira, Elza Maria F P ^a   Ota, Jaquelina Sanae ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Fundacentro   (Brazil)

^c Occupational Health Reference Centre   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Pneumoconiosis; Wood charcoal

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHARCOAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPNEA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; WOOD;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BRAZIL; BRONCHI; CHARCOAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; WOOD;

EID: 33847642858     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20418     Document Type: Article

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