Bronchial anthracofibrosis: An emerging pulmonary disease due to biomass fuel exposure

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 602-612

  Gupta, A ^a   Shah, Ashok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Anthracosis; Biomass fuels; Bronchial anthracofibrosis; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL;

ANTHRACOSIS; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIOMASS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGED; ANTHRACOSIS; BIOMASS; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; SMOKE;

EID: 79954484740     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0308     Document Type: Review

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