Case of accelerated silicosis in a sandblaster

Industrial Health

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 178-183

  Hutyrová, Beáta ^a   Smolková, Petra ^a   Nakládalová, Marie ^a   Tichý, Tomáš ^a   Kolek, Vítězslav ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Accelerated silicosis; Alveolar proteinosis; Lung transplantation; Neuronspecific enolase (NSE); Sandblaster; Silica; Silicoproteinosis; Whole lung lavage

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SILICOSIS; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84926375322     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2013-0032     Document Type: Article

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