Evidence for neutrophil activation in occupational asthma

Respirology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 303-306

  Park, Hae Sim ^a  

^a Ajou University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Grain dust; Neutrophil; Occupational asthma; Toluene diisocyanate

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 8; MYELOPEROXIDASE; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE;

BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; GRAIN DUST; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LUNG TOXICITY; MAST CELL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ASTHMA; CEREALS; DUST; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 0032867004     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.1999.00196.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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