Denim sandblasting and silicosis two new subsequent cases in Turkey

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-91

  Şahbaz, Sibel ^a   Inönü, Handan ^a   Öcal, Serpil ^a   Yilmaz, Ayşe ^a   Pazarli, Cemal ^a   Yeǧinsu, Ali ^a   Filiz, Nurper ^a   Seyfikli, Zehra ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Denim sandblasting; Jean stoning; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SAND; SILICOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; COUGH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; MALE; SILICOSIS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TURKEY;

EID: 34249336418     PISSN: 04941373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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