Flow cytometric determination of neutrophil respiratory burst activity in workers exposed to formaldehyde

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 335-340

  Lyapina, M ^a   Zhelezova, G ^b   Petrova, E ^b   Boev, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Chronic inflammation; Formaldehyde; Neutrophil respiratory burst; Occupational exposure; Upper respiratory tract

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUTROPHIL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY BURST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 4344718855     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-004-0516-3     Document Type: Article

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