Lung pathologic findings in a local residential and working community exposed to world trade center dust, gas, and fumes

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 981-991

  Caplan Shaw, Caralee E ^a   Yee, Herman ^b   Rogers, Linda ^a   Abraham, Jerrold L ^c   Parsia, Sam S ^e   Naidich, David P ^a   Borczuk, Alain ^d   Moreira, Andre ^e   Shiau, Maria C ^a   Ko, Jane P ^a   Brusca Augello, Geraldine ^a   Berger, Kenneth I ^a   Goldring, Roberta M ^a   Reibman, Joan ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TALC; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE;

EID: 84860391634     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31822fff60     Document Type: Article

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