Swine dust causes intense airways inflammation in healthy subjects

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 973-977

  Larsson, Kjell A ^a   Eklund, Anders G ^b   Hansson, Lars Olof ^b   Isaksson, Britt Marie ^b   Malmberg, Per O ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DROWSINESS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALAISE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028143315     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.150.4.7921472     Document Type: Article

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