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Title: Kerosene-induced asthma

Journal Article · · Annals of Allergy; (USA)
OSTI ID:6958211
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  1. National Center of Scientific Research, Havana (Cuba)

Clinical evaluation of 286 asthmatic women showed 15.5% of those who improved clinically had contact with kerosene, while 43.9% of those who failed to improve used kerosene as fuel for cooking. In 16 women the onset of asthma occurred soon after they began to use kerosene. Kerosene can cause and aggravate asthma.

OSTI ID:
6958211
Journal Information:
Annals of Allergy; (USA), Vol. 64:4; ISSN 0003-4738
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English