Ocular and respiratory illness associated with an indoor swimming pool - Nebraska, 2006

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 56, Issue 36, 2007, Pages 929-932

  Safranek, T ^a   Semerena, S ^a   Huffman, T ^a   Theis, M ^a   Magri, J ^b   Torok T ^b   Beach, M J ^c   Buss, B ^d  

^a Nebraska Dept of Health and Human Svcs   (United States)

^b Office of Workforce and Career Development

^c National Center for Zoonotic Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases

^d CDC ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EPIGLOTTITIS; EYE; GAS POISONING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; SWIMMING POOL; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; CHLORAMINES; CHLORINE; COUGH; DYSPNEA; EPIGLOTTITIS; EYE; GAS POISONING; HUMANS; MALE; NEBRASKA; SWIMMING POOLS;

EID: 34548567665     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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