TY - JOUR T1 - Bronchiolitis obliterans in a man who used his wood-burning stove to burn synthetic construction materials JF - Canadian Medical Association Journal JO - CMAJ SP - 1171 LP - 1173 VL - 156 IS - 8 AU - D. T. Janigan AU - T. Kilp AU - R. Michael AU - J. J. McCleave Y1 - 1997/04/15 UR - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/156/8/1171.abstract N2 - 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. ER -