Hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a machinist

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 387-392

  Freeman, Andrew ^a   Lockey, James ^a   Hawley, Philip ^b   Biddinger, Paul ^a   Trout, Douglas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Grant Hospital   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Case report; Extrinsic allergic alveolitis; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Metal working fluids

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMONIA; PROVOCATION TEST;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDNISONE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031711933     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199810)34:4<387::AID-AJIM13>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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