Endoto xins and β-glucans as markers of microbiological contamination - Characteristics, detection, and environmental exposure

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-208

  Ławniczek Wałczyk, Anna ^a   Górny, Rafał L ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

glucans; Biological activity; Detection; Endotoxins; Environmental exposure; Hygienic standards; Structure

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN;

ARTHRALGIA; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SHIVERING; SHWARTZMAN PHENOMENON; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BETA-GLUCANS; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

EID: 79955026644     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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