Endotoxin exposure among softwood lumber mill workers in the Canadian Province of British Columbia

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-146

  Dennekamp, Martine ^b   Demers, Paul A ^a   Bartlett, Karen ^b   Davies, Hugh W ^b   Teschke, Kay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Occupational diseases; Occupational exposure; Sawmills; Wood dust

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; CANADA; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WOOD DUST;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; LIMULUS TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WOOD;

FUNGI;

EID: 0033430975     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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