Clinical investigation of an outbreak of alveolitis and asthma in a car engine manufacturing plant

Thorax

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 981-990

  Robertson, Wendy ^a   Robertson, A S ^b   Burge, C B S G ^b   Moore, V C ^b   Jaakkola, M S ^c   Dawkins, P A ^c   Burd, M ^d   Rawbone, R ^d   Gardner, I ^d   Kinoulty, M ^d   Crook, B ^e   Evans, G S ^e   Harris Roberts, J ^e   Rice, S ^e   Burge, P S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

^e HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROMETRY;

AGED; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ASTHMA; AUTOMOBILES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL OILS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 36048986742     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.072199     Document Type: Article

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