Brief exposures to NO2 augment the allergic inflammation in asthmatics

Environmental Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-66

  Barck, C ^a   Lundahl, J ^b   Hallden G ^b   Bylin, G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergen; Eosinophil cationic protein; Eosinophils; Induced sputum; Nitrogen dioxide

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; PEROXIDASE;

ASTHMA; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SPUTUM; SYMPTOM; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXIDASE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, WHOLE BODY; POLLEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPUTUM; SWEDEN;

EID: 5044233198     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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