Early UK experience of referred cases of possible silicosis following updated guidance on silica healthsurveillance

D. Fishwick (Sheffield, United Kingdom), C. Barber (Sheffield, United Kingdom), M. Kamil (Sheffield, United Kingdom)

Source: International Congress 2018 – Occupational and environmental lung diseases: influence on the airway and interstitium
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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