Endotoxin exposure and inflammation markers among agricultural workers in Colorado and Nebraska

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-22

  Burch, James B ^a   Svendsen, Erik ^a,b   Siegel, Paul D ^c   Wagner, Sara E ^a   Von Essen, Susanna ^d   Keefe, Thomas ^e   Mehaffy, John ^e   Martinez, Angelica Serrano ^e   Bradford, Mary ^e   Baker, Laura ^e   Cranmer, Brian ^e   Saito, Rena ^e   Tessari, John ^e   Linda, Prinz ^d   Andersen, Colene ^d   Christensen, Opal ^d   Koehncke, Niels ^f   Reynolds, Stephen J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY FATTY ACID; ALBUMIN; ENDOTOXIN; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; HYDROXY FATTY ACID; INTERLEUKIN 8; MYELOPEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NEUTROPHIL; NOSE MUCUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALBUMINS; COLORADO; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; NEBRASKA; NEUTROPHILS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEROXIDASE; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; NEGIBACTERIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 71449119524     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390903248604     Document Type: Article

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