1998
Dietary vitamin A and prevalence of bronchial metaplasia in asbestos-exposed workers 1 2 3
Mayne ST, Redlich CA, Cullen MR. Dietary vitamin A and prevalence of bronchial metaplasia in asbestos-exposed workers 1 2 3. American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition 1998, 68: 630-636. PMID: 9734740, DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/68.3.630.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal vitamin ABronchial metaplasiaVitamin AAsbestos workersDietary intakeHigh intakeBronchial squamous metaplasiaGreater airway obstructionPulmonary function testingDietary vitamin ALogistic regression analysisAirway obstructionFormer smokingCurrent smokingBronchial biopsiesTobacco exposureSquamous metaplasiaFunction testingAsbestos exposureForm of retinolNonsignificant reductionLow intakeMetaplasiaNonsignificant increaseIndustrial clinics
1997
Airway isocyanate-adducts in asthma induced by exposure to hexamethylene diisocyanate.
Redlich CA, Karol MH, Graham C, Homer RJ, Holm CT, Wirth JA, Cullen MR. Airway isocyanate-adducts in asthma induced by exposure to hexamethylene diisocyanate. Scandinavian Journal Of Work, Environment & Health 1997, 23: 227-31. PMID: 9243734, DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.203.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman bronchial biopsiesHuman lung tissueExposure-disease relationshipsAirway eosinophilsAirway histologyEpithelial exposureMethacholine challengeBronchial biopsiesEndobronchial biopsyInflammatory changesClinical featuresAirway biopsiesIsocyanate asthmaLung tissueT cellsImmunohistochemical stainingAsthmaBiopsyExposure patternsBronchoscopyExposureAirwayPatientsEosinophilsHistology