Pig farmers have signs of bronchial inflammation and increased numbers of lymphocytes and neutrophils in BAL fluid

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 524-530

  Pedersen, B ^a   Iversen, M ^a   Larsen, B Bundgaard ^a   Dahl, R ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

alveolar macrophages; bronchial inflammation; bronchoalveolar lavage; neutrophil granulocytes; pig farmers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; SWINE; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SWINE;

EID: 0029870026     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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