Interstitial lung disease due to fumes from heat-cutting polymer rope

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 451-453

  Sharman, P ^a   Wood Baker, R ^b  

^a St Johns Hospital   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inhalational toxicology; Interstitial lung disease; Man made synthetic fibres; Occupational exposure; Occupational respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883036372     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqt082     Document Type: Article

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