A new whole-body exposure chamber for human skin and lung challenge experiments - The generation of wheat flour aerosols

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 541-547

  Liden C ^a,b   Lundgren, L ^b   Skare, L ^b   Liden G ^b   Tornling, G ^a   Krantz, S ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerosol generation; Chamber design; Exposure chamber; Lung; Provocation chamber; Skin; Wheat flour; whole body

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALLERGIES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SKIN;

AEROSOL GENERATION; CHAMBER DESIGN; EXPOSURE CHAMBER; PROVOCATION CHAMBER; WHEAT FLOUR AEROSOLS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; DRUG DISPOSITION; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LUNG; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN; TECHNIQUE; WHEAT;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; FLOUR; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKIN; TRITICUM;

EID: 0032211102     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(98)00063-5     Document Type: Article

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