Nasal argyria (deposition of silver-selenium) in the photographic film industry: histopathology and microanalysis

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 430-432

  Naqvi, Asghar H ^a   Shields, John W ^a   Abraham, Jerrold L ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARGYRIA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MICROANALYSIS; NOSE; PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED; ARGYRIA; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHOTOGRAPHY; SELENIUM; SILVER;

EID: 35548960591     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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