Evaluation of hypersensitivity pneumonitis among workers exposed to metal removal fluids

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 953-960

  Trout, Douglas ^a   Weissman, David N ^a   Lewis, Daniel ^a   Brundage, Rodney A ^a   Franzblau, Alfred ^b,c   Remick, Daniel ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coolant; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Machining; Metal removal fluids; Metalworking fluids; Mycobacterium immunogenum

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; METAL REMOVAL FLUID; METALWORKING FLUID; OIL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM IMMUNOGENUM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL OILS; MALE; METALLURGY; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242322535     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220390237683     Document Type: Article

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