Circulating adhesion molecules after short-term exposure to particulate matter among welders

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-16

  Fang, Shona C ^a   Eisen, E A ^a,b   Cavallari, J M ^a   Mittleman, M A ^a,c   Christiani, D C ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WELDING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; WELDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049105616     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.043794     Document Type: Article

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