Sump bay fever: Inhalational fever associated with a biologically contaminated water aerosol

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 106-111

  Anderson, Kenneth ^a,f   McSharry, Charles P ^b   Clark, Colin ^c   Clark, Christopher J ^d   Barclay, G Robin ^e   Morris, George P ^c  

^a Department of Respiratory Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d HAIRMYRES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Edinburgh S E Scotland Reg B   (United Kingdom)

^f GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological aerosol; Extrinsic allergic alveolitis; Inhalational fever

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INHALATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0030058391     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.2.106     Document Type: Article

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