Airways inflammation among workers in a paper industry

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1151-1157

  Rylander, R ^a,c   Thorn, J ^a   Attefors, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Hyltehälsan Inc   (Sweden)

^c Box 414 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

(1 3) D glucan; Airways inflammation; Endotoxin; Organic dusts

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; GLUCAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORGANIC DUST; PAPER INDUSTRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPIROMETRY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ASCOMYCOTA; BETA-GLUCANS; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MODIFIERS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; GLUCANS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING;

EID: 0033063667     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.13e35.x     Document Type: Article

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