Cotton dust and endotoxin exposure levels in three Shanghai textile factories: A comparison of samplers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 418-427

  Astrakianakis, George ^a   Seixas, Noah ^a   Camp, Janice ^a   Smith, Thomas J ^b   Bartlett, Karen ^c   Checkoway, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese dust sampler; Cotton dust; Endotoxin; Inhalable dust; Textile manufacturing; Vertical elutriator

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COTTON; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHINA; COTTON FIBER; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 33749573550     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620600793672     Document Type: Article

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