Bronchial anthracofibrosis and tuberculosis in immigrants to Canada from the Indian subcontinent

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-237

  Hwang, J ^a   Puttagunta, L ^a   Green, F ^a,b   Shimanovsky, A ^b   Barrie, J ^a   Long, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass fuels; Bronchial anthracofibrosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

SILICATE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRONCHIAL ANTHRACOFIBROSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANADA; DUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKE;

AGED; ANTHRACOSIS; ASIA; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANADA; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77049123497     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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