Endotoxin and occupational airway disease

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-66

  Rylander, Ragnar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Box 414 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

(1 3) D glucan; Endotoxin; Inflammation; Lung function; Microbial cell wall agents

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; ENDOTOXIN; MURAMIC ACID;

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BLOOD EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGUS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INHALATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCUS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; DUST; INFLAMMATION; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MICROBIOLOGY;

DUST; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIMULUS TEST; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 33746720157     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.all.0000202356.83509.f7     Document Type: Review

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