Markers of upper airway inflammation associated with microbial exposure and symptoms in occupants of a water-damaged building

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 522-530

  Akpinar Elci, Muge ^a,b   White, Sandra K ^a   Siegel, Paul D ^a   Park, Ju Hyeong ^a   Visotcky, Alexis ^a   Kreiss, Kathleen ^a   Cox Ganser, Jean M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

Building related symptoms; Indoor air quality; Nasal lavage; Nasal nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; NITRIC OXIDE; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL LAVAGE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL LAVAGE; NITRIC OXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WATER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84876438305     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22165     Document Type: Article

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