Endotoxin: From database to measurement strategy

Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 377-383

  Spaan, Suzanne ^a   Schinkel, Jody M ^b   Wouters, Inge M ^a   Preller, E A ^c   Tjoe Nij, Evelyn I M ^b   Heederik, Dick ^a   Tielemans, Erik L J P ^b   Preller, Liesbeth ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 47049098588     PISSN: 09498036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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