Endotoxin exposure-response in a fiberglass manufacturing facility

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-13

  Milton, Donald K ^a   Wypij, David ^a   Kriebel, David ^b   Walters, Michael D ^a   Hammond, S Katharine ^c   Evans, John S ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

endotoxin; fiberglass manufacturing; formaldehyde; occupational asthma; peak expiratory flow; phenol formaldehyde resin

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; FORMALDEHYDE; GLASS FIBER; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RESIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; ENDOTOXINS; GLASS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030033981     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199601)29:1<3::AID-AJIM2>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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