Husker days and fever nights: Counting cases of organic dust toxic syndrome

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1157-1158

  Blanc, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032724196     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.5.1157     Document Type: Editorial

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