Upper airway inflammation in waste handlers exposed to bioaerosols

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 444-450

  Heldal, K K ^a   Halstensen, A S ^a   Thorn, J ^b   Diupesland, P ^c   Wouters, I ^d   Eduard, W ^a   Halstensen, T S ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NOSE MUCUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RHINOMETRY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORKER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 0037634113     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.6.444     Document Type: Article

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