Redefining idiopathic interstitial lung disease into occupational lung diseases by analysis of chemical composition of inhaled dust particles in induced sputum and/or lung biopsy specimens

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 607-615

  Fireman, Em ^a   Lerman, Y ^b   Ben Mahor, M ^a   Ganor, E ^a   Kramer, M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Clalit Medical Services   (Israel)

Author keywords

lung tissue; scanning electron microscope; sputum

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPUTUM;

BIOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DUST; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PARTICLE SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPUTUM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 46149111006     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233708090907     Document Type: Article

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