Indoor exposure to airborne endotoxin: A review of the literature on sampling and analysis methods

Industrial Health

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 237-255

  Paba, Emilia ^a   Tranfo, Giovanna ^a   Corsetti, Federica ^a   Marcelloni, Anna Maria ^a   Iavicoli, Sergio ^a  

^a INAIL Research   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Airborne endotoxin exposure; Analytical methods; Insoluble endotoxins; LAL test; LPS marker

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANALYTIC SAMPLE PREPARATION METHODS; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LIMULUS TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 84883325144     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1325     Document Type: Review

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