Asbestosis

Disease-a-Month

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-26

  Lazarus, Angeline A ^a   Philip, Andrew ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOSITE; ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE; TREMOLITE;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MORTALITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; SMOKING CESSATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG;

EID: 79251647849     PISSN: 00115029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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