Assessing airborne aflatoxin B1 during on-farm grain handling activities

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 252-256

  Selim, Mustafa I ^a   Juchems, Alex M ^b   Popendorf, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Delta Environmental Consultants   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus flavus; Farm workers; Grain handling operations

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CORN; GRAIN; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATERIALS HANDLING; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031966110     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1202/0002-8894(1998)059<0252:aaabdo>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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