Increased respiratory disease mortality at a microwave popcorn production facility with worker risk of bronchiolitis obliterans.

BACKGROUND: Bronchiolitis obliterans, an irreversible lung disease, was first associated with inhalation of butter flavorings (diacetyl) in workers at a microwave popcorn company. Excess rates of lung-function abnormalities were related to cumulative diacetyl exposure. Because information on potenti...

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Main Authors: Cara N Halldin, Eva Suarthana, Kathleen B Fedan, Yi-Chun Lo, George Turabelidze, Kathleen Kreiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3585235?pdf=render