Dust content of lungs and its relationships to pathology, radiology and occupational exposure in Ontario hardrock miners

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 524-531

  Verma, Dave K ^a   Ritchie, Alec C ^b   Muir, David C F ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dust content; Lungs; Lymph node; Occupational exposure; Silica; Smoking

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYPROLINE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RADIOLOGY; SMOKING;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AUTOPSY; DUST; GOLD; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROLINE; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONTARIO; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; SMOKING;

EID: 45249106404     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20589     Document Type: Article

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