Variability in endotoxin exposure levels and consequences for exposure assessment

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 303-316

  Spaan, Suzanne ^a,b   Schinkel, Jody ^b   Wouters, Inge M ^a   Preller, Liesbeth ^b   Tielemans, Erik ^b   Nij, Evelyn Tjoe ^b   Heederik, Dick ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endotoxin exposure; Exposure assessment; Variance components

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); CODES (SYMBOLS); DATABASE SYSTEMS; DUST CONTROL; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; HEALTH;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; BULK PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL AGENTS; CHEMICAL EXPOSURES; COMPLIANCE TESTING; CYCLIC PROCESSES; DAY TO DAY VARIABILITY; DETERMINANTS OF EXPOSURE; EFFECTIVELY CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE GROUPS; EXPOSURE LEVELS; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); INHALABLE DUST; LARGE DATABASES; MIXED EFFECTS MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE; OXFORD UNIVERSITY; PLANT MATERIALS; POTENTIAL EXPOSURES; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; SUBSECTORS; VARIANCE COMPONENTS;

DUST;

CHEMICAL AGENT; ENDOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DUST EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIANCE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 47249158908     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/men024     Document Type: Article

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