The bacterial profile of cotton lint from worldwide origins, and links with occupational lung disease

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-47

  Lane, Samantha R ^a   Sewell, Robert D E ^b  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Byssinosis; Cotton; Endotoxin; Gram negative bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BYSSINOSIS; COTTON; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PREVALENCE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE WORKER;

AFRICA; ASIA; BYSSINOSIS; COTTON FIBER; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845865280     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20412     Document Type: Article

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