Neutrophil infiltration and release of IL‐8 in airway mucosa from subjects with grain dust‐induced occupational asthma
- 1 June 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical and Experimental Allergy
- Vol. 28 (6) , 724-730
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00299.x
Abstract
Background The immuno‐pathological mechanism for occupational asthma induced by grain dust (GD) remains to be clarified. There have been few reports suggesting the involvement of neutrophils inducin...Keywords
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