Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in garden waste (compost) collectors-occupational implications

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 517-519

  Poole, C J M ^a   Wong, M ^a  

^a Dudley NHS Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; Aspergillus; Compost; Garden waste

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CASE REPORT; COMPOST; GARDEN WASTE.; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; COMPOST; GARDEN WASTE.;

ADULT; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; ASPERGILLUS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84885106650     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqt097     Document Type: Article

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