Metalworking fluid microbes—what we need to know to successfully understand cause-and-effect relationships

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-117

  Passman, Frederick J ^a  

^a Biodeterioration Control Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Bacteria; Disease; Endotoxin; Enumeration; Fungi; Health; Hygiene; Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis; Metalworking Fluids; Microbiology; Mycobacteria; Mycotoxin; Respiratory Illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149091329     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402000701691720     Document Type: Article

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