Man-made mineral fibers and interstitial lung diseases

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 194-198

  Fireman, Elizabeth ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

interstitial lung diseases; man made mineral fibers

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CERAMICS; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; GLASS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MINERAL FIBERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84894101066     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0000000000000035     Document Type: Review

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