Hypersensitivity pneumonitis and metalworking fluids contaminated by mycobacteria

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 486-487

  Barber, C M ^a   Burton, C ^a   Robinson, E ^a   Crook, B ^a   Evans, G ^a   Fishwick, D ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; OIL;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ASTHMA; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LETTER; METALLURGY; METALWORKING FLUID; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM IMMUNOGENUM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE;

ADULT; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL OILS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 80051495463     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00027611     Document Type: Letter

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