A case of sarcoidosis that developed three years after the onset of hard metal asthma

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 379-384

  Satoh Kamachi, Atsuko ^a   Munakata, Mitsuru ^a   Kusaka, Yukinori ^b   Amishima, Masaru ^a   Furuya, Ken ^a   Takahashi, Toru ^a   Kawakami, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Cobalt; Hard metal worker; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

COBALT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; METAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LUNG HILUS; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PROVOCATION TEST; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031898271     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199804)33:4<379::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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