Hypersensitivity pneumonitis in workers exposed to metalworking fluids

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 872-880

  Barber, Christopher M ^a   Burton, Clare M ^a   Hendrick, David J ^b   Pickering, C Anthony C ^c   Robertson, Alastair S ^d   Robertson, Wendy ^e   Burge, P Sherwood ^f  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^f BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Metalworking fluid

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; OIL;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; HUMAN; LUBRICATION; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOXICITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL OILS; LUBRICATION; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84905027884     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22337     Document Type: Article

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