Environmental endotoxin measurement methods: Standardization issues

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 606-609

  Ashley, Kevin ^a   White, Eugene M ^a  

^a Milacron Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LUNG FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SPIROMETRY; STANDARD;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES;

EID: 0036721120     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220290095916     Document Type: Article

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