Recombinant factor C (rFC) assay and Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis of endotoxin variability in four agricultural dusts

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 713-722

  Saito, Rena ^a   Cranmer, Brian K ^a   Tessari, John D ^a   Larsson, Lennart ^b   Mehaffy, John M ^a   Keefe, Thomas J ^a   Reynolds, Stephen J ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Endotoxins; Lipopolysaccharides; Organic dust

Indexed keywords

3-HYDROXY FATTY ACIDS; AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS; BREATHING ZONES; CARBON-CHAIN LENGTH; CATTLE FEEDLOTS; ENDOTOXINS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; GRAIN DUST; HIGH EXPOSURES; HOUSE DUST; INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NEBRASKA; ORGANIC DUST; PEARSON CORRELATION; RANK ORDER; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SAMPLE HANDLING;

AGRICULTURE; DUST; ELEVATORS; FATTY ACIDS; GRAIN ELEVATORS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPECTROMETRY; WAREHOUSES;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

3 HYDROXY FATTY ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON; ENDOTOXIN; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT FACTOR C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUST; DUST EXPOSURE; ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; GRAIN DUST; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; LIVESTOCK DUST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLORADO; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NEBRASKA;

EID: 70350066648     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mep052     Document Type: Article

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