A case of unsuspected hard metal lung disease in a thermal sprayer in NSW, Australia.

D. Yates (Sydney, Australia), S. Sameh (Sydney, Australia), E. Silverstone (Sydney, Australia), R. Cohen (Chicago, United States of America), J. Abraham (New York, United States of America), S. Sanyal (New York, United States of America), T. Smith (Sydney, Australia)

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

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