Comparison of inflammatory elements in nasal lavage and induced sputum following occupational exposure to moldy-building microbes

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 653-662

  Purokivi, M ^a   Hirvonen, M R ^b   Roponen, M ^b   Randell, J ^a   Vahteristo, M ^b   Tukiainen, H ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; BUILDING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM; MOISTURE; NEUTROPHIL; NOSE MUCOSA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPUTUM;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; NITRIC OXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SPUTUM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

BRONCHUS;

EID: 0036289938     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370290084557     Document Type: Article

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