Irritative effects of fumes and aerosols of bitumen on the airways: Results of a cross-shift study

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-44

  Raulf Heimsoth, Monika ^a   Pesch, Beate ^a   Schott, Klaus ^b   Kappler, Martin ^a   Preuss, Ralf ^c   Marczynski, Boleslaw ^a   Angerer, Jürgen ^c   Rihs, Hans Peter ^a   Hahn, Jens Uwe ^d   Merget, Rolf ^a   Brüning, Thomas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Berufsgenossenschaft der Bauwirtschaft   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^d Berufsgenossenschaftliches Institut fur Arbeitsschutz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Bitumen; Cross shift design; Irritative effects; Non invasive methods

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; ASPHALT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; NITROGEN OXIDE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUME; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG FUNCTION; NEUTROPHIL; NOSE MUCUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; IRRITANTS; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; NITRITES; NOSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENANTHRENES; PICRATES; PYRENES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM;

EID: 33846302387     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-006-0115-z     Document Type: Article

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