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Journal Article 
The clinical significance of ferruginous bodies in sputa 
Mclarty, JW; Greenberg, SD; Hurst, GA; Spivey, CG; Seitzman, LH; Hieger, LR; Farley, ML; Mabry, LC 
1980 
Yes 
Journal of Occupational Medicine
ISSN: 0096-1736
EISSN: 2332-3795 
WILLIAMS & WILKINS 
BALTIMORE 
HEEP/80/08481 
22 
2 
92-96 
English 
7373448 
WOS:A1980JF19000006 
The clinical significance of ferruginous bodies in sputa was examined in a study of 674 former asbestos workers. Data from occupational histories and smoking behavior questionnaires, chest radiographs, spirometric measurements and counts of ferruginous bodies were obtained as part of a five-year surveillance program. Statistical analysis demonstrated that ferruginous bodies found in the sputa were significantly related to radiographic findings of interstitial pulmonary disease and pleural fibrosis and to spirometric findings of restrictive lung disease. Age and cigarette smoking were also found to be related to the presence of ferruginous bodies. 
Iron; E1UOL152H7; Index Medicus; Vital Capacity; Pleura -- pathology; Employment; Smoking; Asbestosis -- diagnosis; Asbestosis -- pathology; Iron -- analysis; Sputum -- analysis 
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