Fever and neutrophilic alveolitis caused by a vanadium based catalyst

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 785-787

  Vandenplas, Olivier ^a   Cangh, F Binard Van ^b   Gregoire, J ^b   Brumagne, A ^b   Larbanois, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^b Fonds des Maladies Professionnelles   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TRANSFER FACTOR; VANADIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATALYST; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUME; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; METAL FUME FEVER LIKE SYNDROME; MONITORING; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHILIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKER;

ADULT; ALBUTEROL; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; DUST; FEVER; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0036850054     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.59.11.785     Document Type: Article

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