Year-long assessment of airborne endotoxin at a concentrated dairy operation

Aerobiologia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-148

  Dungan, Robert S ^a   Leytem, April B ^a   Bjorneberg, David B ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol; CAFOs; Dairy; Endotoxin; Gram negative bacteria; Lipopolysaccharide

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE ENDOTOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; DAIRYING; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; WIND; WIND SPEED;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 77955717194     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-009-9151-5     Document Type: Article

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