"Samosa" pneumoconiosis: A case of pulmonary talcosis uncovered during a medicolegal autopsy

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-14

  Nath, Dhritiman ^a   Vaideeswar, Pradeep ^a   Chaudhary, Jayashri ^a   Vaz, Walter ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

food adulteration; pneumoconiosis; pulmonary talcosis; samosa; talc

Indexed keywords

TALC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COOKING; COUGHING; CYTOPLASM; DYSPNEA; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG; LUNG FIBROSIS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NECROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMOCONIOSIS;

ADULT; COOKING; COUGH; CYTOPLASM; DYSPNEA; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; MALE; NECROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; TALC;

EID: 84894481855     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: 1533404X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000076     Document Type: Article

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