'Lifeguard lung': Endemic granulomatous pneumonitis in an indoor swimming pool

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1795-1800

  Rose, Cecile S ^a   Martyny, John W ^a   Newman, S Lee ^a   Milton, Donald K ^b   King, Talmadge E ^a   Beebe, James L ^c   McCammon, Jane B ^c   Hoffman, Richard E ^c   Kreiss, Kathleen ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Colorado Dept Pub Hlth Environ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PNEUMONIA; ROOM VENTILATION; SWIMMING POOL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0032440794     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.12.1795     Document Type: Article

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