The upper airway response to pollen is enhanced by exposure to combustion particulates: A pilot human experimental challenge study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 472-477

  Hauser, Russ ^a   Rice, Timothy M ^a   Murthy, G G Krishna ^a   Wand, Matt P ^a   Lewis, Daniel ^b   Bledsoe, Toni ^b   Paulauskis, Joseph ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopy; Cytokines; Inflammatory cells; Particulates

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 4; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAVAGE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NOSE MUCUS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PILOT STUDY; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 0038746851     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5862     Document Type: Article

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