Occupational exposure to aflatoxin (AFB1) in poultry production

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 75, Issue 22-23, 2012, Pages 1330-1340

  Viegas, Susana ^a,b   Veiga, Luisa ^a   Malta Vacas, Joana ^a   Sabino, Raquel ^c   Figueredo, Paula ^a   Almeida, Ana ^a   Viegas, Carla ^a   Carolino, Elisabete ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1;

ADULT; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; ASPERGILLUS CANDIDUS; ASPERGILLUS CLAVATUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; ASPERGILLUS USTUS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFLATOXIN B1; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CARCINOGENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PORTUGAL; POULTRY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI;

EID: 84868240312     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2012.721164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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