Biomarkers: A potential prognostic tool for silicosis
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Silica dust is widely prevalent in the atmosphere and more common than the other types of dust, thus making silicosis the most frequently occurring pneumoconiosis. In India also, studies carried out by National Institute of Occupational Health have shown high prevalence of silicosis in small factories and even in nonoccupational exposed subjects. The postero-anterior chest radiographs remain th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0019-5278
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.111746