Effect of route of breathing on response to exposure in a swine confinement building

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 5 PART I, 1998, Pages 1512-1521

  Cormier, Yvon ^a   Laviolette, Michel ^b   Bedard, Gaetane ^b   Dosman, James ^b   Israel Assayag, Evelyne ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE PROVOCATION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031775825     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.5.9707113     Document Type: Article

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