Airway inflammation in waste handlers exposed to bioaerosols assessed by induced sputum

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 641-645

  Heldal, K K ^a   Halstensen, A S ^a   Thorn, J ^b   Eduard, W ^a   Halstensen, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol exposure; Household waste; Induced sputum

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT; NEUTROPHIL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; ORGANIC WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETER; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM EXAMINATION;

EID: 0037383954     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00059702     Document Type: Article

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