Three new cases of pulmonary fibrosis in finishers of tools reinforced with tungsten carbide
Meyer, P.D.; Stoeckel, C.; Geist, T.; Le Bouffant, L.; Roegel, E.
Le Poumon et le Coeur 37(3): 165-175
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0032-5821 PMID: 7301711 Document Number: 182033
On the basis of three new cases of pulmonary fibrosis due to heavy metals, the authors review the various clinical, radiological and respiratory function test criteria which lead to the diagnosis of this type of occupational fibrosis. This is an uncommon disease (21 cases published up to the present in France), insufficiently known, but with significant and sometimes severe risks. On July 19th 1980, the disease was added to the list of occupational diseases with No 70.