Fusarium toxins and fungi associated with handling of grain on eight Finnish farms

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 3059-3065

  Lappalainen, Sanna ^a   Nikulin, Marjo ^b,c   Berg, Seija ^c   Parikka, Päivi ^d   Hintikka, Ji Eeva Liisa ^c   Pasanen, Anna Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fungal flora; Grain milling; Inhalation exposure; Spores; Trichothecenes

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DUST; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FUNGI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPES; POLYCARBONATES; SAMPLING; TOXICITY;

BIOLOGICAL TOXICITY; DEOXYNIVALENOL; EPIFLUORESCENE MICROSCOPE; FUNGAL FLORA; FUSARIUM TOXINS; GLASS FIBER FILTERS; GRAIN MILLING; INHALATION EXPOSURE; POLYCARBONATE FILTERS; TRICHOTHECENES;

AIR POLLUTION;

MYCOTOXIN; POLYCARBONATE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR SAMPLING; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CATTLE; CLADOSPORIUM; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS SPORE; FUSARIUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAIN; HUMAN; INHALATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSIDIA; ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; BOS TAURUS; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 0030250425     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00449-1     Document Type: Article

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