Antemortem diagnosis of asbestosis by screening chest radiograph correlated with postmortem histologic features of asbestosis: A study of 273 cases

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Mizell, Kelly N ^a   Morris, Christopher G ^a   Carter, J Elliot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; AUTOPSY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GENDER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA PLAQUE; PLEURAL FIBROSIS; SCREENING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 68149134834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-4-14     Document Type: Article

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