RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Bronchiolitis obliterans in a man who used his wood-burning stove to burn synthetic construction materials
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 1171
OP 1173
VO 156
IS 8
A1 D. T. Janigan
A1 T. Kilp
A1 R. Michael
A1 J. J. McCleave
YR 1997
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/156/8/1171.abstract
AB Many people heat their homes with wood-burning stoves. However, toxic fire effluent can escape from old or improperly operated stoves. The authors describe a case in which bronchiolitis obliterans developed in a man within hours after he burned synthetic construction materials in his wood-burning stove. Certain factors, such as careless or improper use of the stove, the size of the room, the lack of open-air ventilation and the composition of the materials burned, strongly point to inhalation of the fire effluent as the cause.