Silicosis due to denim sandblasting: Four cases;Kot Taşlamaciliǧina Baǧli Silikozis: Dört Olgu

Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 765-770

  Yilmaz, Süreyya ^a   Boǧatekin, Gülhan ^a   Şenyiǧit, Abdulhalim ^b   Büyükbayram, Hüseyin ^c   Şenyigit, Abdurrahman ^a  

^a A ri Do ubeyazit Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^b A ri Do ubeyazit Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^c DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Occupational diseases; Pneumoconiosis; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INHALATION; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SILICOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 69949123841     PISSN: 13000292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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