Sensitivity of diagnostic tools for silicosis associated to fabrication of quartz conglomerates

G. Guarnieri (Padova, Italy), M. Salasnich (Treviso, Italy), P. Lucernoni (Treviso, Italy), M. Sbaraglia (Treviso, Italy), M. Putzu (Turin, Italy), P. Zuliani (Turin, Italy), S. Vio (Turin, Italy), F. Liviero (Padova, Italy), P. Maculan (Padova, Italy), P. Mason (Padova, Italy), P. Maestrelli (Padova, Italy)

Source: International Congress 2019 – Airway and parenchymal diseases in occupational and environmental lung diseases
Session: Airway and parenchymal diseases in occupational and environmental lung diseases
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 5249
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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