Occupational asthma caused by cobalt chloride in a diamond polisher after cessation of occupational exposure: A case report

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-158

  Krakowiak, Anna ^a,b   Dudek, Wojciech ^a   Tarkowski, Maciej ^b   Świderska Kiełbik, Sylwia ^a   Nieścierenko, Ewa ^c   Pałczyński, Cezary ^a  

^a Occup and Environ Allergy Centre   (Poland)

^b NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^c Mazowiecki Occupational Medical Center   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Lymphocyte proliferation; Nasal washings

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALLERGEN; COBALT CHLORIDE; DIAMOND; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NICKEL CHLORIDE;

ADULT; BASOPHIL; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUGHING; DUST; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRICK TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; RHINITIS; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 22844438108     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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