Respiratory effects in mice exposed to airborne emissions from Stachybotrys chartarum and implications for risk assessment

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 112-119

  Wilkins, Cornelius Kendall ^a   Larsen, Soren Thor ^a   Hammer, Maria ^a   Poulsen, Otto Melchior ^a   Wolkoff, Peder ^a   Nielsen, Gunnar Damgård ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FUNGUS SPORE; HYPHOMYCETES; MOULD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIZATION; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALIA; BRONCHUS; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

EID: 0031661244     PISSN: 09019928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1998.tb01453.x     Document Type: Article

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