Effects of conventional cotton storage on dust generation potential, bacterial survival, and endotoxin content of lint and dust

Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-25

  Chun, David T W ^a   Perkins Jr , Henry H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial survival; Cotton; Cotton dust; Cotton storage; Endotoxin; Endotoxin assay; Gram negative bacteria; Lipopolysaccharidc; LPS; Methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011487540     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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