Inorganic dust exposure causes pulmonary fibrosis in smokers: Analysis using light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 53-60

  Nasr, M R ^a   Savici, D ^a   Tudor, L ^a   Abdallah, D Abou ^a   Newman, N ^a   Abraham, J L ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inorganic dust; Pulmonary fibrosis; Smoking

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOKING;

EID: 34447632475     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.61.2.53-60     Document Type: Article

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