Toxigenic Fusarium spp. as determinants of trichothecene mycotoxins in settled grain dust

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 651-659

  Halstensen, Anne Straumfors ^a   Nordby, Karl Christian ^a   Klemsdal, Sonja Sletner ^b   Elen, Oleif ^b   Clasen, Per Erik ^c   Eduard, Wijnand ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Crop Research Institute   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fusarium; Grain dust; Occupational exposure; PCR; tri5; Trichothecenes

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; DNA; HT 2 TOXIN; MYCOTOXIN; T 2 TOXIN; TRICHOTHECENE; VOMITOXIN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAIN DUST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOULD; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TILLAGE; TOXICITY;

CEREALS; DNA, FUNGAL; DUST; FUSARIUM; MYCOTOXINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRICHOTHECENES;

EID: 33749321189     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620600987431     Document Type: Article

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