Effect of respirators equipped with particle or particle-and-gas filters during exposure in a pig confinement building

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-153

  Sundblad, Britt Marie ^a   Sahlander, Karin ^a   Ek, Alexandra ^a   Kumlin, Maria ^a   Olsson, Marianne ^a   Larsson, Kjell ^a   Palmberg, Lena ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Bronchial responsiveness; Gases

Indexed keywords

11 EPIPROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; METHACHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN D2;

FILTER; GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BUILDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FILTER; GAS MASK; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NOSE MUCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SWINE; SYMPTOM; URINALYSIS; VENTILATOR;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33646406861     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.990     Document Type: Article

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