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Metal worker’s lung: spatial association with Mycobacterium avium

BACKGROUND: Outbreaks of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) are not uncommon in workplaces where metal working fluid (MWF) is used to facilitate metal turning. Inhalation of microbe-contaminated MWF has been assumed to be the cause, but previous investigations have failed to establish a spatial relat...

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Autores principales: James, Phillip L, Cannon, Julie, Barber, Christopher M, Crawford, Laura, Hughes, Heather, Jones, Meinir, Szram, Joanna, Cowman, Steven, Cookson, William O C, Moffatt, Miriam F, Cullinan, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5801647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28851756
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210226