Albumin, transferrin and α2-macroglobulin in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid following exposure to organic dust in healthy subjects

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 249-254

  Vesterberg, Olof ^a   Palmberg, Lena ^a   Larsson, Kjell ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Albumin, 2 macroglobulin; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Organic dust; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; ALBUMINOID;

ADULT; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CALIBRATOR; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MEMBRANE MARKER; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIC DUST; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE HISTOCHEMISTRY; SWINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

ADULT; ALBUMINS; ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DUST; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0034743943     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200000220     Document Type: Article

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