Farmer's lung disease and microbiological composition of hay: A case-control study

Mycopathologia

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 273-279

  Roussel, Sandrine ^a,c   Reboux, Gabriel ^a   Dalphin, Jean Charles ^a   Pernet, Didier ^a   Laplante, Jean Jacques ^b   Millon, Laurence ^a   Piarroux, Renaud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^b Medical Department of the Mutualite Sociale Agricole of the Doubs   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Absidia corymbifera; Actinobacteria; Eurotium amstelodami; Exposure; Farmer's lung disease

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; POACEAE;

AGRICULTURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FARMER'S LUNG; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POACEAE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ABSIDIA; ABSIDIA CORYMBIFERA; ACTINOBACTERIA; EUROTIUM AMSTELODAMI; SACCHAROMONOSPORA VIRIDIS; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 27144486900     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-005-0155-6     Document Type: Article

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