Influence of horse stable environment on human airways

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Elfman, Lena ^a   Riihimäki, Miia ^b   Pringle, John ^b   Wlinder, Robert ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALLERGEN; AMMONIA; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOTOXIN; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; GLUCAN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LYSOZYME; MYELOPEROXIDASE;

AIR PARTICLE CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AIRWAY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSEBACK RIDING; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; SUMMER; WINTER; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EQUIDAE; FUNGI;

EID: 67949103558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-4-10     Document Type: Article

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