Inflammatory responses to the occupational inhalation of metal fume

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 366-373

  Palmer, K T ^a   McNeill Love, R ^d   Poole, J R ^a   Coggon, D ^a   Frew, A J ^b   Linaker, C H ^a   Shute, J K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d Mental Health Services   (Gibraltar)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Metal fume; Occupational; Pneumonia; Welding

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GELATINASE B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 8; IRON; METAL; MYELOPEROXIDASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLAMMATION; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; VENOUS BLOOD; WELDING; WELDING FUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GASES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMONIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPUTUM; WELDING;

EID: 31844446835     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00053205     Document Type: Article

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