What causes anthracofibrosis? Either tuberculosis or smoke

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-398

  Hemmati, Seyed Hamid ^a   Shahriar, Mosayeb ^a   Molaei, Nazar Ali ^a  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anthracofibrosis; Bronchoscopy; Oven; Smoke; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHRACOFIBROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SMOKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46749118447     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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