Respiratory Illness in Workers Exposed to Metalworking Fluid Contaminated with Nontuberculous Mycobacteria - Ohio, 2001

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 51, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 349-352

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OIL;

AEROSOL; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; CAR; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; AUTOMOBILES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL OILS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OHIO; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 0037177914     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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