Unexpected Smoking-Linked High MMP-9 in Induced Sputum of Hazardous Dust-Exposed Workers

• Main Authors: Yehuda Lerman (Author), Abraham Moscovich (Author), Elizabeth Fireman (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Hindawi Limited, 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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We investigated whether metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) values in induced sputum (IS) and pulmonary function tests can serve as a marker of damage and intensity of exposure to hazardous dust. Thirty-nine factory employees (28 workers exposed to metal particles and 11 supposedly nonexposed office workers...