Presence and HRCT quantification of bronchiectasis in coal workers

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-163

  Altin, Remzi ^a   Savranlar, Ahmet ^b   Kart, Levent ^a   Mahmutyazicioglu, Kamran ^b   Ozdemir, Huseyin ^b   Akdag, Beyza ^c   Gundogdu, Sadi ^b  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b 67600 Kozlu ^*  (Turkey)

^c PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bronchiectasis; Coal worker's pneumoconiosis; HRCT

Indexed keywords

COAL DUST; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; PERSONNEL; RADIATION EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; COAL WORKERS; TUBERCULOSIS;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

COAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHODILATATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COAL WORKER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BRONCHIECTASIS; COAL MINING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 5444230769     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.03.017     Document Type: Article

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