Significance of alveolar lavage in assessing the aggressivity of different occupational exposures

Felicia Gradinariu (Iasi, Romania), Felicia Gradinariu, Irina Anca Popescu, Carmen Croitoru, Micaela Margineanu, Razvan Danulescu, Madalina Ipate, Ovidiu Petris, Eugenia Danulescu

Source: International Congress 2015 – Occupational and environmental cohort investigations and population studies
Session: Occupational and environmental cohort investigations and population studies
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1169
Disease area: Airway diseases

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