Artificial stone dust-induced functional and inflammatory abnormalities in exposed workers monitored quantitatively by biometrics

Noa Ophir, Amir Bar Shai, Yifat Alkalay, Shani Israeli, Rafi Korenstein, Mordechai R. Kramer, Elizabeth Fireman

Source: ERJ Open Res 2016
Journal Issue: March
Disease area: Airway diseases

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Noa Ophir, Amir Bar Shai, Yifat Alkalay, Shani Israeli, Rafi Korenstein, Mordechai R. Kramer, Elizabeth Fireman. Artificial stone dust-induced functional and inflammatory abnormalities in exposed workers monitored quantitatively by biometrics. ERJ Open Res 2016; 2: 00086-2015

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