Installation of mechanical ventilation in a horse stable: Effects on air quality and human and equine airways

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 264-272

  Wålinder, Robert ^a   Riihimäki, Miia ^b   Bohlin, Susanne ^a   Hogstedt, Carl ^a   Nordquist, Tobias ^a   Raine, Amanda ^a   Pringle, John ^b   Elfman, Lena ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airways; Biomarker; Horse; Human; Indoor air quality

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENDOTOXIN; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

ADULT; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENDOSCOPY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HORSE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NASAL LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VENTILATOR;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 80051690653     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-010-0195-5     Document Type: Article

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