History and results of the two inter-laboratory round robin endotoxin assay studies on cotton dust

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-306

  Chun, David T W ^a   Bartlett, Karen ^b   Gordon, Terry ^c   Jacobs, Robert R ^d   Larsson, Britt Marie ^e   Larsson, Lennart ^f   Lewis, Daniel M ^g   Liesivuori, Jyrki ^h   Michel, Olivier ⁱ   Milton, Donald K ^j   Rylander, Ragnar ^k   Thorne, Peter S ^l   White, Eugene M ^m   Brown, Mary E ^g   Gunn, Varina S ^g   Würtz, Helle ⁿ  

^a USDA ARS Cotton Quality Research Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Department of Occupational Medicine   (Sweden)

^f Department of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology ^*  (Sweden)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^h FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

ⁱ SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^j HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^l UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^m Milacron Inc   (United States)

ⁿ NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Cotton dust; Endotoxin assay; Inter laboratory endotoxin assay study; Intra laboratory endotoxin assay study; Limulus amoebocyte lysate test (LAL); Lipopolysaccharides (LPS); Round robin endotoxin assay study

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; COTTON DUST; EXTRACTION; HEALTH HAZARD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; STANDARDIZATION; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COTTON FIBER; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS;

EID: 33646074281     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20266     Document Type: Article

References (8)

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