Acute pulmonary toxicity following occupational exposure to a floor stain protector in the building industry in Switzerland

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 244-248

  Lazor Blanchet, Catherine ^a   Rusca, Sophie ^a   Vernez, David ^a   Berry, Raymond ^b   Albrecht, Eric ^c   Droz, Pierre Olivier ^a   Boillat, Marcel André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b CHUV ^*  (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acrylate fluoropolymer; Occupational exposure; Pulmonary toxicity; Waterproofing agent

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID COPOLYMER; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSUMER; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG TOXICITY; MALAISE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SWITZERLAND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ADULT; DYSPNEA; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 2442640466     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-004-0505-6     Document Type: Article

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