Nasal lavage cellularity, grain dust, and airflow obstruction

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1086-1092

  Blaski, Christine A ^b   Watt, Janet L ^b   Quinn, Timothy J ^b   Thorne, Peter S ^b   Schwartz, David A ^a  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

airflow obstruction; cell concentration; grain dust; nasal lavage cellularity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAIN DUST; HUMAN; LAVAGE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE MUCUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029862856     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.4.1086     Document Type: Article

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