Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health.
Publisher:
Institute of Occupational Health. [Helsinki, Finland] : Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (2013)
Frequency: Bimonthly
Country: Finland
Language: English
Author(s):
Työterveyslaitos (Finland), Sweden. Arbetarskyddsstyrelsen., Arbejdsmiljøinstituttet (Denmark), Statens arbeidsmiljøinstitutt (Norway), Arbetslivsinstitutet (Sweden), Nordic Council., Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health.
Start Year:1975 -
ISSN:
0355-3140 (Print)
1795-990X (Electronic)
0355-3140 (Linking)
1795-990X (Electronic)
0355-3140 (Linking)
Impact Factor
6.3
2022
| NLM ID: | 7511540 |
| (DNLM): | S08040000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 01683585 |
| Coden: | SWEHDO |
| LCCN: | 76646984 |
| Classification: | W1 SC154K |
Endotoxin and complement activation in an analysis of environmental dusts from a horse barn. Various work environments in agriculture naturally contain gram-negative bacteria and their endotoxins, which are heat stable, lipopolysaccharide-protein complexes that are integral parts of the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria (1). Respiratory exposure to endotoxin-containing dusts has been associated with both an acute decline in pulmonary function (2) and chronic lung disease (3) in cotton dust-exposed subjects. Endotoxins can profoundly affect both humoral and cellular mediation systems in humans and experimental animals (4). One biologically active humoral system that is associate...