Utility of bronchoalveolar lavage in the determination of lung asbestos burden in Barcelona, Spain

P. Chang-Macchiu, D. Alvarez, M. J. Cruz, C. Perez, V. Curull, M. G. Silveira, L. Pijuan, A. Sanchez-Font, J. De Gracia, J. Ferrer (Barcelona, Bunyola, Spain)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Environmental and occupational respiratory diseases: new exposure assessment methods, experimental exposure in animal and humans and mechanisms
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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