Is thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis really safe?

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-38

  Janssen, Julius P ^a  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pleurodesis; Poudrage; Talc; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; MAGNESIUM SILICATE; TALC;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INJURY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MESOTHELIOMA; MINING; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PLEURODESIS; SAFETY; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 4444263345     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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