Acute respiratory distress syndrome in a welder exposed to metal fumes

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 510-512

  Barbee Jr , John Y ^a   Prince, T S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Dept Prev Med and Environ Hlth ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; STEROID; ZINC;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HUMANS; IRON; LEAD; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MANGANESE; METALS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; WELDING; ZINC;

EID: 0032953083     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199905000-00012     Document Type: Article

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