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Extrinsic asthma in a tungsten carbide worker.
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This article is published in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.The article was published on 1967-10-01. It has received 34 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Tungsten carbide.read more
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Aetiological agents in occupational asthma
M Chan-Yeung,J L Malo +1 more
TL;DR: In this review, examples of types of agents causing occupational asthma are discussed and a compendium table of aetiological agents is given.
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Interstitial lung disease and asthma in hard-metal workers: bronchoalveolar lavage, ultrastructural, and analytical findings and results of bronchial provocation tests.
TL;DR: Bronchial provocation tests in patients with respiratory disorders associated with hard metal exposure supported the diagnosis of hard-metal-induced asthma and implicated cobalt as the agent responsible.
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Diffuse interstitial lung disease in tungsten carbide workers.
E. O. Coates,J. H. L. Watson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, 12 persons working in the manufacture or grinding of tungsten carbide developed a progressive diffuse interstitial pneumonia, characterized clinically by nonproductive cough and by dys...
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Occupational Asthma from Cobalt Sensitivity in Workers Exposed to Hard Metal Dust
Taro Shirakawa,Yukinori Kusaka,Naoki Fujimura,S. Goto,Mikio Kato,Shinichiro Heki,Kanehisa Morimoto +6 more
TL;DR: The development of hard metal-induced asthma from cobalt sensitivity is suggested to be linked to atopic and bronchial hyperresponsiveness.
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Occupational airway sensitizers : An overview on the respective literature
TL;DR: The most common sensitizing substances causing occupational asthma were dust of cereal flours, enzymes, natural rubber latex, laboratory animals as well as low molecular substances such as isocyanates and acid anhydrides.