Effects on symptoms and lung function in humans experimentally exposed to diesel exhaust

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 658-662

  Rudell, B ^a   Ledin, M C ^b   Hammarstrom U ^b   Stjernberg, N ^b   Lundback B ^b   Sandstrom T ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Bronchoconstriction; Diesel exhaust; Particle trap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGOMETRY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TOXICITY;

EID: 0029829621     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.10.658     Document Type: Article

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