Tumor necrosis factor alpha and pulmonary function in Saskatchewan grain handlers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 505-512

  McDuffie, Helen H ^a   Nakagawa, Kazuko ^b   Pahwa, Punam ^a   Shindo, Junichi ^c   Hashimoto, Mirai ^d   Nakada, Naoyuki ^e   Ghosh, Sunita ^a   Kirychuk, Shelley P ^a   Hucl, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KUMAMOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GRAIN DUST; GRAIN HANDLER; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROMOTER REGION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; WORKER;

ADULT; CEREALS; DUST; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SASKATCHEWAN; SMOKING; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33646845801     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000201557.63336.1a     Document Type: Article

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