Passive airborne dust sampling with the electrostatic dustfall collector: Optimization of storage and extraction procedures for endotoxin and glucan measurement

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 651-658

  Noss, Ilka ^a   Doekes, Gert ^a   Sander, Ingrid ^c   Heederik, Dick J J ^a   Thorne, Peter S ^b   Wouters, Inge M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

dust sampling; endotoxin; exposure assessment; exposure assessment methodology; glucans; indoor environment; lipopolysaccharide; passive sampling

Indexed keywords

DUST SAMPLING; ENDOTOXIN; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY; GLUCANS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; PASSIVE SAMPLING;

DUST; ELECTROSTATICS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SALINE WATER;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ENDOTOXIN; GLUCAN; POLYESTER; POLYSORBATE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STATISTICS; TEXTILE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; GLUCANS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; POLYESTERS; POLYSORBATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TEXTILES;

EID: 77955891633     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meq026     Document Type: Article

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