Occupational exposure to metal or wood dust and aetiology of cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 8997, 1996, Pages 284-289

  Hubbard, Richard ^a   Lewis, Sarah ^a   Richards, Kathie ^a   Johnston, Ian ^b   Britton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METAL; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SMOKING; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; WOOD; WOOD DUST;

EID: 0030034711     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90465-1     Document Type: Article

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