[Diagnostic and prognostic value of the morphological status of the mucosa of the nasal cavity in dust bronchitis].
Histologic and immunologic studies of nasal mucosa in 56 coal miners with work records ranging from 3 to 19 years were undertaken in an attempt to assess their diagnostic and prognostic value with regard to bronchitis caused by exposure to dust. Collation of the results with clinical, X-ray, functional, and laboratory data indicated that prolonged dust exposure impairs the protective and adaptive responses in the airways to a degree that correlates with the duration of exposure and individual features of the exposed organism.
Shlopov
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Lavrenova
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Shevchenko
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D000328:Adult; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D004391:Dust / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008875:Middle Aged; D008906:Mining; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011379:Prognosis
D004391:Dust
Diagnosticheskaia i prognosticheskaia znachimost' morfofunktsional'nogo sostaianiia slizistoĭ obolochki polosti nosa pri pylevom bronkhite.