The clinical significance of bronchial anthracofibrosis associated with coal workers' pneumoconiosis

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 67-73

  Kim, Mi Hye ^a   Lee, Hong Yeul ^a   Nam, Ki Ho ^a   Lim, Jae Min ^a   Jung, Bock Hyun ^a   Ryu, Dae Sick ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bronchial anthracofibrosis; Bronchoscopy; Pneumoconiosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIAL ANTHRACOFIBROSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COAL WORKER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 77949644524     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2010.68.2.67     Document Type: Article

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