Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome: Occurrence after exposure to a refractory ceramic fiber-phosphoric acid binder mixture

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 447-450

  Forrester, Brian G ^a,b,c  

^a University of Alabama ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MINERAL FIBER; PHOSPHORIC ACID; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CASE REPORT; CERAMICS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030903866     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199704000-00019     Document Type: Article

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