Carbon and Hemosiderin-Laden Macrophages in Sputum of Traffic Policemen Exposed to Air Pollution

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 284-290

  Giovagnoli, Maria Rosaria ^a   Alderisio, Mauro ^a   Cenci, Maria ^a   Nofroni, Italo ^a   Vecchione, Aldo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HEMOSIDERIN;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; ITALY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING HABIT; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; SPUTUM SMEAR; TRAFFIC;

EID: 0032789536     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899909602487     Document Type: Article

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