Road tunnel air pollution induces bronchoalveolar inflammation in healthy subjects

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 699-705

  Larsson, Britt Marie ^a,b   Sehlstedt, M ^c   Grunewald, J ^a   Skold C M ^a   Lundin, A ^b   Blomberg, A ^c   Sandstrom T ^c   Eklund, A ^a   Svartengren, M ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Airway inflammation; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Cell count; Particles

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PROTEIN C JUN;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL COUNT; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BRONCHI; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 34147144676     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00035706     Document Type: Article

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