Diarrhoea among waste collectors associated with bioaerosol exposure

Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-68

  Ivens, Ulla I ^a   Hansen, Johnni ^a   Breum, Niels O ^a   Ebbehøj, Niels ^b   Nielsen, Morten ^a   Poulsen, Otto M ^a   Würtz, Helle ^a   Skov, Torsten ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal symptoms; Occupational epidemiology; Occupational exposure; Waste

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002405794     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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