Building-associated pulmonary disease from exposure to Stachybotrys chartarum and Aspergillus versicolor

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-249

  Hodgson, Michael J ^a   Morey, Philip ^b   Leung, Wing Yan ^a   Morrow, Lisa ^c   Miller, David ^d   Jarvis, Bruce B ^e   Bobbins, Howard ^f   Halsey, John F ^g   Storey, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Air Quality Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^e University of Maryland   (United States)

^f Pulmonary Associates   (United States)

^g IBT Reference Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MYCOTOXIN; SATRATOXIN G; SATRATOXIN H; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BUILDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPHOMYCETES; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; MOISTURE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENICILLIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HOUSING; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; STACHYBOTRYS;

EID: 0031910022     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199803000-00006     Document Type: Article

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