The role of atopy in grain dust-induced airway disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 334-340

  Blaski, Christine A ^b   Clapp, William D ^b   Thorne, Peter S ^b   Quinn, Timothy J ^b   Watt, Janet L ^b   Frees, Kathy L ^b   Yagla, Stephen J ^b   Schwartz, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GRAIN DUST; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0029781524     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.154.2.8756803     Document Type: Article

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