Fatal asthma from powdering shark cartilage and review of fatal occupational asthma literature

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 50-54

  Ortega, Hector G ^a   Kreiss, Kathleen ^a   Schill, Donald P ^b   Weissman, David N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatal asthma; Occupational asthma; Shark cartilage; Work exposure

Indexed keywords

BICYCLO COMPOUND; BROMIDE; DIPHENYLMETHANE 4,4' DIISOCYANATE; GUM ARABIC; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ISOCYANATE; PAPAIN; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARTILAGE; CASE REPORT; COFFEE; DUST EXPOSURE; DYSPNEA; FATALITY; FLOUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; POWDER; SENSITIZATION; SHARK;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CARTILAGE; DUST; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SHARKS;

EID: 0036303608     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10088     Document Type: Article

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