Physical and biochemical properties of airborne flour particles involved in occupational asthma

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 727-737

  Laurière, Michel ^a   Gorner, Peter ^b   Bouchez Mahiout, Isabelle ^a   Wrobel, Richard ^b   Breton, Christine ^c   Fabriès, Jean François ^b   Choudat, Dominique ^d  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^c CRAMIF   (France)

^d Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Cereal flours; Flour dust; Inhaled particles; Occupational asthma; Rhinitis; Secale cereale; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

CEREAL FLOURS; FLOUR DUST; INHALED PARTICLES; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; RHINITIS; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BAKERIES; DUST; ELECTROPHORESIS; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; GELATION; GRANULATION; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; STARCH;

AEROSOLS;

GLUTEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOUR; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOUR; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PARTICLE SIZE; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM;

EID: 60249089686     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/men061     Document Type: Article

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