Sputum neutrophils are elevated in smelter workers, and systemic neutrophils are associated with rapid decline in FEV1

Liv Ingunn Bjoner Sikkeland; Helle Laier Johnsen; Tonje Bøyum Riste; Neil E Alexis; Bente Halvorsen; Vidar Søyseth; Johny Kongerud

doi:10.1136/oemed-2015-103083

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Sputum neutrophils are elevated in smelter workers, and systemic neutrophils are associated with rapid decline in FEV₁

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Liv Ingunn Bjoner Sikkeland Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Helle Laier Johnsen National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tonje Bøyum Riste Department of Respiratory Medicine, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Neil E Alexis Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bente Halvorsen Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Research Institute for Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway K.G. Jebsen Inflammation Research Centre, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Vidar Søyseth Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Johny Kongerud Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Department of Respiratory Medicine, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Liv Ingunn Bjoner Sikkeland, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 4950 Nydalen, Oslo 0424, Norway; l.i.b.sikkeland{at}medisin.uio.no

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Sikkeland LIB, Johnsen HL, Riste TB, et al

Sputum neutrophils are elevated in smelter workers, and systemic neutrophils are associated with rapid decline in FEV₁

Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2016;73:459-466.

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Received May 18, 2015
Revised March 17, 2016
Accepted March 21, 2016
First published April 6, 2016.

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June 16, 2016

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