Risk Quotient of Airborne Paraquat Exposure Among Workers in Palm Oil Plantation [PDF]
, 2018 Paraquat is the herbicide widely used at palm oil plantations, although usage it in some countries has been banned and restricted. Paraquat spraying was not appropriate procedure could be polluted the environment and lead to health disorders workers ...
Maksuk, M. (Maksuk) +3 more
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Modulated Uniaxial Compression Analysis of Respirable Pharmaceutical Powders
KONA Powder and Particle Journal, 2020 We describe a new instrument and method for measuring compressed bulk density of respirable pharmaceutical powders under low compression pressure: the modulated compression tester.
David Barona +6 more
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Reciprocal Inhibition of Adiponectin and Innate Lung Immune Responses to Chitin and Aspergillus fumigatus [PDF]
, 2019 Chitin is a structural biopolymer found in numerous organisms, including pathogenic fungi, and recognized as an immune-stimulating pathogen associated molecular pattern by pattern recognition molecules of the host immune system.
Amarsaikhan, Nansalmaa +6 more
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A mechanistic framework for a priori pharmacokinetic predictions of orally inhaled drugs [PDF]
, 2020 The fate of orally inhaled drugs is determined by pulmonary pharmacokinetic (PK) processes such as particle deposition, pulmonary drug dissolution, and mucociliary clearance. Although each single process has been systematically investigated, a quantitative understanding on their interaction remains limited and hence identifying optimal drug and ...
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Inhalation characteristics of asthma patients, COPD patients and healthy volunteers with the Spiromax® and Turbuhaler® devices: a randomised, cross-over study. [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Spiromax® is a novel dry-powder inhaler containing formulations of budesonide plus formoterol (BF). The device is intended to provide dose equivalence with enhanced user-friendliness compared to BF Turbuhaler® in asthma and chronic ...
A Hardwell +30 more
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Pharmaceuticals, 2010 Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are the most effective controllers of asthma. They suppress inflammation mainly by switching off multiple activated inflammatory genes through reversing histone acetylation via the recruitment of histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2).
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Dynamics of aerosol size during inhalation : Hygroscopic growth of commercial nebulizer formulations [PDF]
, 2014 We thank the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute (EBI) for financial support through the EBI Early Career Research Fellowship awarded to AEH, and the EPSRC for financial support through a Leadership Fellowship awarded to JPR (grant reference EP/G007713/1 ...
Allen E. Haddrell +45 more
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Use of Portable Air Purification Systems to Eliminate Aerosol Particles from Patient Rooms
Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2022 SARS-CoV-2 is mainly transmitted via airborne aerosols. We determined the efficacy of two different indoor air-purification systems and compared them to conventional measures of room ventilation.
Dominic Dellweg +3 more
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Cosmetic Talc-Related Pulmonary Granulomatosis. [PDF]
, 2017 Inhalation of cosmetic talc can lead to pulmonary foreign-body granulomatosis, though fewer than 10 cases of inhaled cosmetic talc-related pulmonary granulomatosis have been reported in adults.
Adams, Jason Y +3 more
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