Ambient exposure and nasal inflammation in adults and children - A preliminary analysis

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 229-234

  Polat, Dünya ^a   Eberwein, Georg ^b   Becker, Andrea ^a   Weishaupt, Christel ^a   Schins, Roel P F ^a   Ranft, Ulrich ^b   Borm, Paul J A ^a  

^a IUF LEIBNIZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Med Inst of Environmental Hygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambient exposure; Interleukin 8; Nasal inflammation; Particles

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8; NITROXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; NOSE DISEASE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0036244740     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4639-00122     Document Type: Article

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