Lung Disease Caused by Inorganic and Organic Dust.
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چکیده
ence, emphasis was placed on what is new and what is newly important with respect to a selected number of occupational diseases of the chest. Discussion was developed around features of typical and unusual example of coal dust pneumoconiosis, silicosis, siderosis, asbestosis, reactions to fibrous silicates and plastic, berylliosis, aluminosis, farmer’s lung, lipid pneumonitis and hair spray thesaurosis. A summary of the main topics follows:
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Diseases of the chest
دوره 44 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1963