Acute pulmonary hemorrhage in infants associated with exposure to Stachybotrys atra and other fungi

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 757-762

  Etzel, Ruth A ^a,f   Montaña, Eduardo ^a   Sorenson, W G ^a   Kullman, Greg J ^a   Allan, Terrance M ^b   Dearborn, Dorr G ^e   Olson, ^a   Jarvis, ^c   Miller, ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Cuyahoga County Board of Health   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN;

AEROSOL; AIR; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HOME; HUMAN; HYPHOMYCETES; INFANT; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

EID: 0031856431     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.152.8.757     Document Type: Article

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