Severe occupational pneumoconiosis among West Virginian coal miners: One hundred thirty-eight cases of progressive massive fibrosis compensated between 2000 and 2009

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Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1458-1462

  Wade, W Alex ^a   Petsonk, Edward L ^a   Young, Byron ^b   Mogri, Idrees ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COAL WORKER; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958737079     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-1326     Document Type: Article

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