Cytotoxic effect of organic dust extracts from different working environments: An in vitro assay

Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-201

  Roepstorff, Vibe ^a   Sigsgaard, Torben ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

A 549; Cell lines; Cytotoxic effect; In vitro; Organic dust; VERO

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000693399     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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