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Acquired progressive asthma in a fire-fighter
C E Bergström1, G Tornling, G Unge
1Department of Thoracic Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
The European Respiratory Journal
|May 1, 1988
Abstract:
A fire-fighter, who developed chronic severe asthma after exposure to decomposition products of plastics during routine fire-fighting, is described. The outcome was fatal 25 months after onset of the disease.