Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Subjects Exposed to Occupational Dusts

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

G. Goodman V. Castranova W. H. Pailes D. Lewis

Organization:: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
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Publication Date:: Jan 1, 1988

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We performed bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in 8 control subjects with no exposure to occupational dusts, 8 healthy power plant workers exposed to mixed dusts (primarily fly ash), 1 healthy coal miner and 1 rock driller with acute silicosis. All subjects were non-smoking males. We analyzed lavage effluents for total numbers of alveolar macrophages, lymphocytes and neutrophils and monitored chemiluminescence at rest (REST CL) and after stimulation with 3x10- M phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA CL) or 2 mg/ml zymosan (ZYM CL). The data are as follows:

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APA: G. Goodman V. Castranova W. H. Pailes D. Lewis (1988) Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Subjects Exposed to Occupational Dusts

MLA: G. Goodman V. Castranova W. H. Pailes D. Lewis Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Subjects Exposed to Occupational Dusts. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 1988.

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