Biological activities of respirable dust from Eastern Canadian peat moss factories

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1273-1278

  Létourneau, Valérie ^a   Mériaux, Anne ^a   Goyer, Nicole ^b   Chakir, Jamila ^a,c   Cormier, Yvon ^a,c   Duchaine, Caroline ^a,c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Institut de Recherche Robert Sauvé en Santé Sécurité au Travail   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Agricultural setting; Biological contaminants; Dust; Peat moss factories

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; SILICON DIOXIDE; TRYPAN BLUE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DUST EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MOULD; SUPERNATANT;

EID: 77952909395     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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