Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in workers at an indium processing facility

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 458-464

  Cummings, Kristin J ^a   Donat, Walter E ^b   Ettensohn, David B ^b   Roggli, Victor L ^c   Ingram, Peter ^c   Kreiss, Kathleen ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Indium; Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; AUTOANTIBODY; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; STEROID;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DUST EXPOSURE; DYSPNEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GAS MASK; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG ALVEOLUS PROTEINOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SORE THROAT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS; TIN COMPOUNDS; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649160279     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200907-1022CR     Document Type: Article

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