Bronchiolitis associated with exposure to artificial butter flavoring in workers at a cookie factory in Brazil;Bronquiolite associada à exposição a aroma artificial de manteiga em trabalhadores de uma fábrica de biscoitos no Brasil

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 395-399

  Cavalcanti, Zaida do Rego ^a   Filho, Alfredo Pereira Leite de Albuquerque ^a   Pereira, Carlos Alberto de Castro ^b   Coletta, Ester Nei Aparecida Martins ^b  

^a Barao de Lucena Hospital   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Diacetyl; Flavoring agents

Indexed keywords

FLAVORING AGENT; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRONCHIOLITIS; BUTTER; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXPOSURE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ALBUTEROL; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; BRAZIL; BRONCHIOLITIS; BUTTER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLAVORING AGENTS; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864023617     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1806-37132012000300016     Document Type: Article

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