Air pollutants and respiratory hypersensitivity

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 169-176

  Devalia, Jagdish L ^a   Rusznak, Csaba ^a   Wang, Jiahua ^a   Khair, Omer A ^a   Abdelaziz, Muntasir M ^a   Calderón, Moises A ^a   Davies, Robert J ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway epithelium; Allergic airways disease; Diesel exhaust particulates; Mediators; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; Proinflammatory

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ASTHMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY;

EID: 0030209342     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(96)03687-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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