The yin and yang of indoor airborne exposures to endotoxin

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1181-1183

  Goss, Christopher H ^a,b   Mayer Hamblett, Nicole ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; ASTHMA; CHINESE MEDICINE; EDITORIAL; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SPIROMETRY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; NICOTINE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

EID: 84887857601     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201309-1703ED     Document Type: Editorial

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