Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6334636 | Science of The Total Environment | 2011 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
⺠The exposure to house dust endotoxin is a risk of airways' inflammation. ⺠There are few data on the environmental source of endotoxin. ⺠Human, in particular the newborn, could release endotoxin. ⺠The endotoxin concentration of the mattresses increased after 6 months of life. ⺠Therefore the newborn could be a source of house dust's endotoxin.
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Authors
Virginie Doyen, Anne-Britt Johansson, Laurence Hanssens, Nathalie Dehennin, Duc Huy Phong Dinh, Georges Casimir, Olivier Michel,