title: [A primitive study on the histological changes in the lungs of residents in the wind-sand area of Gansu Province].
abstract: 395 residents in a wind-sand area were examined with chest radiographs. Silicotic roentgeno- graphic changes were shown in 28 cases. The abnormal finding rate of the > 40 years old age group was 21%. The histological findings of lungs from a camel lived in that area for 20 years also confirmed that the cause of death was silicosis.
authors.affiliation: People's Hospital of Gansu Province, Lan Zhou.
authors.forename: X Z
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: X G
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: X S
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Men
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D002162:Camelus; D002681:China; D004391:Dust; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000032:analysis; D012829:Silicosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014919:Wind
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D004391:Dust; D012822:Silicon Dioxide