Clara cell protein and surfactant protein B in garbage collectors and in wastewater workers exposed to bioaerosols

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 189-197

  Steiner, D ^a   Jeggli, S ^a   Tschopp, A ^b   Bernard, A ^c   Oppliger, A ^d   Hilfiker, S ^a   Hotz, P ^a  

^a Occupational and Environmental Medicine Unit   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clara cell protein; Garbage; Pulmonary surfactant associated protein B; Sewage; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

CLARA CELL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; SURFACTANT PROTEIN B; CLARA CELL SPECIFIC PROTEIN; CLARA CELL-SPECIFIC PROTEIN; UTEROGLOBIN;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM; EXPOSURE; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEWAGE; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; COHORT STUDIES; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN B; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SWITZERLAND; UTEROGLOBIN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 23844478598     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-004-0586-2     Document Type: Article

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