FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves carrying out step-by-step analysis on histological slices taken from lungs, trachea, paratracheal lymph nodes, measuring perimeter, area, elongation, compactness, squareness and sphericity of alveoli. Alveoli perimeter being equal to , various forms of pneumoconiosis is to be diagnosed. EFFECT: high accuracy of diagnosis.
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2003-02-27—Published
1999-04-09—Filed