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International Classification of HRCT for Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Diseases

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  1. Radiology Department, Llandough Hospital, Penlan Road, Near Penarth, Glamorgan, CF64 2XX, Wales, UK

    Michael Crane

  2. Department of Radiology, Hospital Erasme, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Leinnik, 808 1070, Bruxelles, Belgium

    Pierre Alain Gevenois

  3. Service de Medecine du Travail et Pathologie Professionnelle, Niveau 1, CHU Cote de Nacre, 14033, Caen Cedex, France

    Marc Letourneux

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  1. Department of Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Fukui Medical University, 23-3 Shimoaizuki, Matsuoka-cho, Fukui, 910-1193, Japan

    Yukinori Kusaka M.D., Ph.D. (Industrial Health Consultant, Professor and Chairman) (Industrial Health Consultant, Professor and Chairman)

  2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Radiooncology and Nuclear Medicine, Radiologische Klinik, Knappschaftskrankenhaus, Dortmund, Wieckesweg 27, 44309, Dortmund, Germany

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Crane, M., Gevenois, P.A., Letourneux, M. (2005). Pleural Diseases. In: Kusaka, Y., Hering, K.G., Parker, J.E. (eds) International Classification of HRCT for Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Diseases. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-27512-6_8

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