Pneumoproteins in sewage workers exposed to sewage dust

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-70

  Heldal, Kari Kulvik ^a   Barregard, Lars ^b   Larsson, Per ^b   Ellingsen, Dag G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Endotoxins; Exposure; Pneumoproteins; Sewage dust

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SCGB1A1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; SURFACTANT PROTEIN D; UTEROGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DUST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEWAGE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DUST; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN A; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN D; SEWAGE; UTEROGLOBIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LIMULUS;

EID: 84872289067     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-012-0747-7     Document Type: Article

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