Lung function in volunteers before and after exposure to trichloramine in indoor pool environments and asthma in a cohort of pool workers

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Nordberg, Gunnar F ^a   Lundstrom, Nils Goran ^a   Forsberg, Bertil ^a   Hagenbjork Gustafsson, Annika ^a   Lagerkvist, Birgitta J Son ^a   Nilsson, Johan ^a   Svensson, Mona ^a   Blomberg, Anders ^a   Nilsson, Leif ^a   Bernard, Alfred ^b   Dumont, Xavier ^b   Bertilsson, Helen ^a   Eriksson, Kare ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; TRICHLORAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SWIMMING POOL;

EID: 84869819412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000973     Document Type: Article

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