Comparison of Endotoxin Exposure Assessment by Bioaerosol Impinger and Filter-Sampling Methods

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2775-2780

  Duchaine, Caroline ^a   Thorne, Peter S ^b   Mériaux, Anne ^a   Grimard, Yan ^a   Whitten, Paul ^b   Cormier, Yvon ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FILTRATION; FORESTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWINE; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; FILTRATION; FORESTRY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SWINE; WOOD;

EID: 0035379764     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.6.2775-2780.2001     Document Type: Article

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