Bioaerosol health effects and exposure assessment: Progress and prospects

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-200

  Douwes, J ^a,b   Thorne, P ^c   Pearce, N ^b   Heederik, D ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

(1,3) glucans; Asthma; Bioaerosols; Cancer; Endotoxin; Exposure assessment; Infections; Microorganisms

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DISEASES; ENZYMES; NEUROLOGY; RECYCLING; SKIN; TOXICITY;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT;

HEALTH;

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN; MYCOTOXIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AEROSOL; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPOSTING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALLERGENS; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLUCAN 1,3-BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0038332043     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meg032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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