Pulmonary reactions to organic dust exposures: Development of an animal model

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 41-53

  Castranova, Vincent ^a   Robinson, Victor A ^a   Frazer, David G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural dusts; Animal model; Byssinosis; Cotton dusts; Endotoxin; Etiologic agents; Exposure system; Mechanisms; Organic dust toxic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; BYSSINOSIS; COTTON DUST; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; GRAIN; HUMAN; INHALATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC DUST; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; TIME;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0030004540     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104s141     Document Type: Review

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