Noninvasive methods for assessment of airway inflammation in occupational settings

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-458

  Quirce, S ^a,b   Lemiere C ^c   De Blay, F ^d   Del Pozo, V ^b,e   Gerth Van Wijk, R ^f   Maestrelli, P ^g   Pauli, G ^d   Pignatti, P ^h   Raulf Heimsoth, M ⁱ   Sastre, J ^b,e   Storaas, T ^j   Moscato, G ^h  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d University Hospital Strasbourg   (France)

^e Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^h IRCCS   (Italy)

ⁱ RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^j HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

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Author keywords

Asthma; Eosinophils; Exhaled breath condensate; Fractional exhaled nitric oxide; Induced sputum; Occupational respiratory diseases; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; HISTAMINE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; METHACHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SALBUTAMOL;

AIR POLLUTION; BREATH ANALYSIS; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSENSUS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXHALATION; EXHALED BREATH CONDENSATE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LAVAGE; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEBULIZATION; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHILIA; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONASTHMATIC EOSINOPHILIC BRONCHITIS; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SPECIFIC INHALATION CHALLENGE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VALIDITY;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77649198471     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02274.x     Document Type: Review

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