Diagnostic criteria of hard metal lung disease

Japanese Journal of Chest Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1206-1218

  Moriyama, Hiroshi ^a   Suzuki, Eiichi ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL AND DENTAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Elemental analysis; Giant cell interstitial pneumonia; Hard metal; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555196421     PISSN: 03853667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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