A possible case of pneumoconiosis in a limestone quarry worker

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 497-499

  Crummy, F ^a   Carl, I ^a   Cameron, C H S ^b   Heaney, Liam G ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Limestone; Pneumoconiosis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; LIMESTONE; SILICON;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; DYSPNEA; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG NODULE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING; WORKER; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS;

EID: 7744246441     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqh107     Document Type: Article

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