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Lung Disease
New lung disease study findings recently were reported by researchers at Laval University
August 12th, 2008
According to recent research published in the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, "To evaluate the usefulness of fibrogenic cytokines and mediators in the analysis of induced sputum and determine if their levels correlated with previous decline in lung function in asbestosis and silicosis. In a pilot study for the evaluation of 19 workers with asbestosis and 15 with silicosis, all workers had chart reviews and records of previous lung function tests." "Fourteen healthy control subjects were also included in the study. All subjects attended the laboratory for a clinical evaluation, pulmonary function tests and induced sputum sampling....
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-12)
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