Survival following lung transplantation for silicosis and other occupational lung diseases

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 134-137

  Singer, J P ^a,b   Chen, H ^a,b   Phelan, T ^b   Kukreja, J ^a   Golden, J A ^a   Blanc, P D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung transplantation; Occupational lung diseases; Pneumoconioses; Silicosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863260802     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqr171     Document Type: Article

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