Investigation of an outbreak of alveolitis and asthma in a car engine manufacturing plant

A. Robertson, W. Robertson, M. Kinoulty, M. Jaakkola, S. Burge (Birmingham, Coventry, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Occupational and environmental diseases: a kaleidoscope
Session: Occupational and environmental diseases: a kaleidoscope
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 998
Disease area: Airway diseases

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