Surfactant protein A, exposure to endotoxin, and asthma in garbage collectors and in wastewater workers

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 351-360

  Widmeier, Susanne ^a   Bernard, Alfred ^b   Tschopp, Alois ^a   Jeggli, Stefan ^a   Dumont, Xavier ^b   Hilfiker, Silvia ^a   Oppliger, Anne ^c   Hotz, Philippe ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÄTSSPITAL ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER; WORKER;

ADULT; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; GARBAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN A; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

LIMULUS;

EID: 33847164038     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370601144456     Document Type: Article

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