CT findings in silicosis due to denim sandblasting

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2739-2744

  Alper, Fatih ^a,b   Akgun, Metin ^a   Onbas, Omer ^a   Araz, Omer ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CT; Denim sandblasting; Lung; Occupational diseases; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG NODULE; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PLEURA DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICOSIS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56349164169     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1061-3     Document Type: Article

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