Organic dust toxic syndrome: A review

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-193

  Seifert, Steven A ^a   Von Essen, Susanna ^b   Jacobitz, Kathy ^a   Crouch, Randall ^c   Lintner, Chris P ^d  

^a Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Iowa Statewide Poison Control Center   (United States)

^d Hennepin Regional Poison Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; OXYGEN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ORGANIC DUST TOXIC SYNDROME; OXYGEN THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SYNDROME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUST; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0242416937     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-120019136     Document Type: Review

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