The Value of High Resolution Computed Tomography in the Diagnostics of Small Opacities and Complications of Silicosis in Mine Machinery Manufacturing Workers, Compared to Radiography

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 400-405

  Sun, Jinkai ^a,b   Weng, Dong ^a   Jin, Changshan ^a   Yan, Bo ^b   Xu, Guihua ^b   Jin, Bo ^b   Xia, Shenning ^b   Chen, Jie ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shenyang No 9 Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

High resolution computed tomography; Radiography; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUST; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUST; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 57649122499     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.L8015     Document Type: Article

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