Occupational and environmental endotoxin exposure from agricultural and industrial workplaces, a literature review;Expositions professionnelles et environnementales aux endotoxines émises en milieu agricole et industriel: Revue de la littérature

Environnement, Risques et Sante

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-45

  Déléry, Laure ^a   Cicolella, André ^a  

^a Direction des Risques Chroniques Pare Technologique Alata   (France)

Author keywords

Endotoxins; Environmental exposure; Inhalation; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549095747     PISSN: 16350421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ers.2009.0214     Document Type: Review

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