Relationship between different bioaerosol parameters sampled from the breathing zone of waste collectors - Identification of the most important parameters

Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-85

  Nielsen, Morten ^a   Würtz, Helle ^b   Nielsen, Birgitte Herbert ^b   Breum, Niels Oluf ^b   Poulsen, Otto Melchior ^b  

^a Rendan A/S   (Denmark)

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

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioaerosols; Endotoxin; Fungi; Microorganisms; Organic dust; Principal component analysis; Waste collection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004414846     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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