Acute pneumonitis by hydrocarbon aspiration in "fire-eaters";Polmonite acuta da aspirazione di idrocarburi in un "mangiafuoco"

Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 226-228

  Vimercati, Luigi ^a   Lorusso, A ^a   Bruno, S ^a   Carrus, A ^a   Cappello, S ^a   Belfiore, A ^a   Portincasa, P ^a   Palasciano, G ^a   Assennato, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fire eater's pneumonia; Kerosene

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; KEROSENE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUGHING; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG INFILTRATE; PLEURA EFFUSION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FIRES; HUMANS; KEROSENE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 33745439813     PISSN: 15927830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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