Occupational asthma due to turpentine in art painter - case report

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-295

  Dudek, Wojciech ^a,b   Wittczak, Tomasz ^a,c   Świerczyńska Machura, Dominika ^a,b   Walusiak Skorupa, Jolanta ^a,c   PaŁczyński, Cezary ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Poland)

^b Centre of Occupational Allergy and Environmental Health   (Poland)

^c Department of Occupational Diseases and Toxicology ^*

Author keywords

Art painter; Occupational asthma; Turpentine

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT; TURPENTINE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAINTING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAINTINGS; SOLVENTS; TURPENTINE;

EID: 73349083101     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-009-0022-7     Document Type: Article

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