Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in popcorn production plant workers
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Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in popcorn production plant workers.
Following sentinel case recognition, an excess of fixed airways obstruction was found among current workers in a microwave popcorn plant associated with butter flavouring exposures. In order to characterise the clinical presentation of sentinel cases, the medical records of sentinel cases were reviewed, interviews conducted and serial spirometric testing performed. Cases worked in microwave pop...
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Financial/nonfinancial disclosures: The authors have reported to CHEST the following conflicts of interest: Dr Verleden receives an annual research grant from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Belgium, and is holder of the GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Respiratory Pharmacology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. The remaining authors have reported that no potential conflicts of interest exis...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00013903