Acute exposure to swine dust causes airway inflammation and bronchial hyperresponsiveness.
Exposure to swine dust during a few hours work in a swine confinement building induced bronchial hyperresponsiveness in all (n = 6) of the healthy subjects studied. Bronchoalveolar lavage revealed an inflammatory reaction after exposure, and the cellular response was characterized by a hundredfold increase in neutrophils.
Larsson
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National Institute of Occupational Health, Solna, Sweden.
Malmberg
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P
Eklund
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D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000818:Animals; D016535:Bronchial Hyperreactivity / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004391:Dust; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013552:Swine
D004391:Dust