Importance of sampling, extraction and preservation for the quantitation of biologically active endotoxin

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-38

  Laitinen, Sirpa K ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Endotoxin; Extraction; Filter media; Preservation

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; ENDOTOXIN; ESTER DERIVATIVE; GLASS FIBER; POLYCARBONATE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; FILTER; INHALATION; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRESERVATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BUFFERS; CELLULOSE; ENDOTOXINS; FILTRATION; GLASS; HUMANS; LIMULUS TEST; MICROPORE FILTERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 0033017567     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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