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A stone miner with both silicosis and constrictive pericarditis: case report and review of the literature
BACKGROUND: The working environment of stone miners has been believed to cause their susceptibility to respiratory diseases. Silicosis is an occupational disease caused by exposure to crystalline silica dust which is marked by inflammation and scarring in the lung. The immune system boosted after th...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4028864/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24314106 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-13-71 |