Hot tub lung: An occupational hazard

European Respiratory Review

Volumn 22, Issue 127, 2013, Pages 88-90

  Fjällbrant, Harald ^a,c   Akerstrom, Magnus ^b   Svensson, Erik ^a,d   Andersson, Eva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOT TUB LUNG; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OXYGEN TENSION; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84874743933     PISSN: 09059180     EISSN: 16000617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09059180.00002312     Document Type: Letter

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