Occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to molds in an onion and potato sorter

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-119

  Merget, R ^a,b   Sander, I ^a   Rozynek, P ^a   Raulf Heimsoth, M ^a   Bruening, T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Molds; Occupational

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COUGHING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FUSARIUM; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MOULD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; ONION; PENICILLIUM; POTATO;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ASPERGILLUS; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MYCOSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONIONS; PENICILLIUM; RISK FACTORS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 38549126157     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20534     Document Type: Article

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