Metachromatic cells and eosinophils in the nasal mucosa and N,N- dimethylbenzylamine exposure

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 433-436

  Irander, Kristina ^a   Ståhlbom, Bengt ^a   Welinder, Hans ^b   Åkesson, Bengt ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

amines; epoxy; hyperreactivity; nasal mucosa

Indexed keywords

BENZYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; EOSINOPHIL; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; MALE; MAST CELL; MICROSCOPY; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE MUCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOMETRY;

EID: 0030954126     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489709113417     Document Type: Article

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