Indoor airborne endotoxin assessment in homes of Paris newborn babies

Indoor Air

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 480-487

  Dassonville, C ^a,b   Demattei, C ^c   Vacquier, B ^a   Bex Capelle, V ^d   Seta, N ^a   Momas, I ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Direction de l Action Sociale de l Enfance et de la Santé   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d Laboratoire d'Hygiène de la Ville de Paris   (France)

^e AP HP   (France)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Airborne endotoxin; Determinants; Exposure; Home characteristics; Repeated measurements

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE ENDOTOXIN; DETERMINANT; EXPOSURE; GLASS FIBERS FILTERS; HOME CHARACTERISTIC; LIVING CONDITIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE DATA; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS;

HOUSING;

BLATTARIA; LIMULUS; LIMULUS AMOEBOCYTE;

EID: 56349148851     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2008.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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