## Abstract ## Background Infection, immunity and genetic factors play roles in the development of coal worker's pneumoconiosis (CWP) and progressive massive fibrosis (PMF). We investigate whether the genetic polymorphisms of mannoseβbinding lectin (MBL), one of the key molecules of innate immunit
Some lessons from the history of coal workers' pneumoconiosis
β Scribed by Morris Greenberg
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 87 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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