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Inhalation fever and respiratory symptoms in the trimming department of swedish sawmills

✍ Scribed by Anna Rask-Andersen; Carl Johan Land; Karin Enlund; Åsa Lundin

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1994
Tongue: English
Weight: 134 KB
Volume: 25
Category: Article
ISSN: 0271-3586
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.4700250117

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✦ Synopsis

Mold dust exposure in the trimming departments of sawmills may cause inhalation fever as well as allergic alveolitis. Responses to questionnaires sent to 2,052 workers from trimming departments of 233 Swedish sawmills showed that one of five workers experienced work-related febrile attacks. A single case of allergic alveolitis was found.

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