Aerosol mapping of a facility with multiple cases of hypersensitivity pneumonitis: Demonstration of mist reduction and a possible dose/response relationship

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 947-952

  O’Brien, Dennis M ^a  

^a International Union   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol mapping; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Metalworking fluids

Indexed keywords

METAL;

AEROSOL; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION;

AEROSOLS; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIAL OILS; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0242290883     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220390237656     Document Type: Article

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