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Document ID (ISN)27605
CIS number 77-1257
ISSN - Serial title Tijdschrift voor sociale geneeskunde
Year 1976
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Stumphius J., Stokvis H.C.
Title Asbestosis case study - A clinical demonstration
Original title Een patiënt met asbestose - Klinische demonstratie [in Dutch]
Bibliographic information 22 Dec. 1976, Vol.54, No.25, p.889-892. Illus. 1 ref.
Abstract This article reviews the pathogenesis of asbestosis and its diagnosis by chest X-ray and lung function tests and describes the clinical picture of a case of asbestosis in a shipyard worker exposed to asbestos dust during 20 years' employment in heat insulation work. Symptoms: chronic cough, asbestos bodies in sputum, cyanosis, clubbing of fingers, rales, premature aging. Considerations on physiotherapy (massage with tapotement percussion, respiratory calisthenics) as administered in this particular case.
Descriptors (primary) asbestos; insulating work; respirable dust; asbestosis
Descriptors (secondary) case study; symptoms; asbestos bodies; chest radiography; shipbuilding industry; physiotherapy; respiratory impairment; diagnosis
Document type -
Subject(s) Dust, aerosols and related diseases
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Pneumoconioses
Asbestos
Surface treatment