Pulmonary Abnormalities and Serum lmmunoglobulins in Facsimile Machine Repair Technicians Exposed to Butyl Methacrylate Fume

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1010-1018

  Raymond, Lawrence W ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrylates; Alveolitis; IgE; Immunoglobulins; Lung diseases

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT;

EID: 0029913613     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.4.1010     Document Type: Article

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