Effects of repeated swine building exposures on normal naive subjects

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1516-1522

  Cormier, Y ^a,c   Duchaine, C ^a   Israel Assayag E ^a   Bedard G ^a   Laviolette, M ^a   Dosman, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal confinement; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 8; METHACHOLINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SWINE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPIROMETRY; SWINE;

EID: 0030841893     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10071516     Document Type: Article

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