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Silicosis and coal workers' pneumoconiosis.

Exposure to coal mine dust and/or crystalline silica results in pneumoconiosis with initiation and progression of pulmonary fibrosis. This review presents characteristics of simple and complicated coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) as well as pathologic indices of acute and chronic silicosis by...

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Autores principales: Castranova, V, Vallyathan, V
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1637684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10931786