LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Complicated silicosis in an Australian worker from cutting engineered stone countertops: An embarrassing first for Australia

Deborah Yates (Sydney, Australia), Anthony Frankel, Lucinda Blake, Deborah Yates

Source: International Congress 2015 – Occupational disease: clinical cases and series
Session: Occupational disease: clinical cases and series
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1144
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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