Ambient ozone exposure is associated with eosinophil activation in healthy children

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1213-1219

  Frischer, T ^a   Studnicka, M ^b   Halmerbauer, G ^a   Horak Jr , F ^a   Gartner, C ^a   Tauber, E ^a   Koller, D Y ^a,c  

^a ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b Pulmologisches Zentrum   (Austria)

^c General Hospital Amstetten   (Austria)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Inflammation; Ozone

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL PROTEIN; CREATININE; OZONE; PROTEIN X;

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CELL ACTIVATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SKIN TEST; URINALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EOSINOPHIL-DERIVED NEUROTOXIN; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OZONE; RIBONUCLEASES;

EID: 0035726376     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2001.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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