Diesel exhaust particles enhance airway responsiveness following allergen exposure in mice

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 329-336

  Takano, H ^a   Ichinose, T ^a   Miyabara, Y ^a   Yoshikawa, T ^a   Sagai, M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGY; AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 0031800621     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923979809038548     Document Type: Article

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