Hard metal lung disease: Still hard to understand

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-3

  Nemery, Benoit ^a   Abraham, Jerrold L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; METAL; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; GIANT CELL; HARD METAL LUNG DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; METAL INDUSTRY; MICROANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY;

ALLOYS; COBALT; GIANT CELLS, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 34447274465     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200704-527ED     Document Type: Editorial

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