[Aspects of silicotuberculosis course in workers of highly aluminous mullite refractories].

Abstract

The article covers differential diagnostic features of pulmonary tuberculosis and pneumoconiosis in workers engaged into mullite refractories production. The authors suggest that the disease courses as a new form of lung disorder--mullitosis.

• Authors: B B Fishman, V A Medik, V R Veber, O V Bastsrykina, A A Prindik
• Journal: Meditsina truda i promyshlennaia ekologiia (Med Tr Prom Ekol) Issue 3 Pg. 29-34 ( 2001) ISSN: 1026-9428 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• Vernacular Title: Osobennosti techeniia silikotuberkuleza u rabochikh na proizvodstve vysokoglinozemistykh mullitovykh ogneupornykh izdeliĭ.
• PMID: 11419323 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Aluminum Silicates
• aluminosilicate
• Aluminum

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Aluminum (adverse effects)
• Aluminum Silicates (adverse effects)
• Chemical Industry
• Chronic Disease
• Female
• Humans
• Lung (diagnostic imaging)
• Male
• Occupational Diseases (diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology)
• Radiography
• Russia (epidemiology)
• Severity of Illness Index
• Silicotuberculosis (diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology)