Anthracofibrosis attributed to mixed mineral dust exposure: Report of three cases

Thorax

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 655-667

  Naccache, J M ^a,b   Monnet, I ^c   Nunes, H ^a,b   Billon Galland, M A ^d   Pairon, J C ^c   Guillon, F ^a,b   Valeyre, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^d Lab d'Etud des Particules Inhalees   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KAOLIN; MICA; SILICATE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHRACOFIBROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MINERAL DUST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANTHRACOSILICOSIS; DUST; HUMANS; MALE; MINERAL FIBERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS;

EID: 47049109191     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.070243     Document Type: Article

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