Adiposity affects human response to inhaled organic dust

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 281-285

  Cormier, Yvon ^a   Assayag, Evelyne Israël ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Inflammation; Obesity; Organic dust; Pig farmers

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; L SELECTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NOSE MUCUS; OBESITY; ORGANIC DUST; PIG FARMING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DUST; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; L-SELECTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SWINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33646041270     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20265     Document Type: Article

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