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Rounded atelectasis after exposure to refractory ceramic fibres (RCF)

BACKGROUND: Refractory Ceramic fibres (RCF) are man-made mineral fibres used in high performance thermal insulation applications. Analogous to asbestos fibres, RCF are respirable, show a pleural drift and can persist in human lung tissue for more than 20 years after exposure. Pleural changes such as...

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Autores principales: Brueckner, Ulrike, Schulze, Anne S., Walter, Dirk, Kampschulte, Marian, Schneider, Joachim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8715575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34965858
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12989-021-00441-y