Pneumoconiosis in an Indian slate-pencil factory worker
Menon, G.
Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences 34(1): 43-45
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0377-9343 PMID: 1521879 Document Number: 393530
A male slate-pencil factory worker who inhaled dust for 10 years came to our hospital with complaints of breathlessness of two months duration. He developed massive fibrotic lesions in both lungs but was not diagnosed earlier due to the absence of symptoms.
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