Cellular profile of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in Turkish miners


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KAYACAN O., Beder S., Karnak D.

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.79, sa.935, ss.527-530, 2003 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

Özet

Pneumoconiosis is still a health problem in Turkey and has a relatively high incidence. Retired underground miners were investigated to document alveolitis, and to observe the difference in the cellular profiles of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid with or without pneumoconiosis.