Accumulation of eosinophils and T-lymphocytes in the lungs after exposure to pinewood dust

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 118-124

  Gripenback S ^a   Lundgren, L ^b   Eklund, A ^a   Liden C ^c   Skare, L ^c   Tornling, G ^a,d   Grunewald, Johan ^a,e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^d ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Exposure chamber; Pinewood dust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ADHESION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INHALATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MAST CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; T LYMPHOCYTE; VOLUNTEER; WOOD DUST;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DUST; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES; WOOD;

EID: 13444251570     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00059804     Document Type: Article

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