Irritative effects of vapours and aerosols of bitumen on the airways assessed by non-invasive methods

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 85, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Raulf Heimsoth, Monika ^a   Pesch, Beate ^a   Kendzia, Benjamin ^a   Spickenheuer, Anne ^a   Bramer, Rainer ^a   Marczynski, Boleslaw ^a   Merget, Rolf ^a   Brüning, Thomas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bitumen; Cellular and soluble biomarkers; Cross shift design; Induced sputum; Irritative effects; Nasal lavage

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKOTRIENE B4; PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NOSE MUCUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SHIFT WORKER; SMOKING HABIT; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VAPOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPUTUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959577267     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: 14320738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-011-0681-6     Document Type: Article

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