Airways inflammation among workers in poultry houses

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 487-490

  Rylander, Ragnar ^a   Carvalheiro, Maria Fernanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b HOSPITAL PULIDO VALENTE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Airways inflammation; Endotoxin; Glucan; Organic dust; Poultry

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INHALATION TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORGANIC DUST; POULTRY FARMING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COUGH; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GLUCANS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 33646735355     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0072-5     Document Type: Article

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