Airborne micro-organisms and prevalence of byssinotic symptoms in cotton mills

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1977, Pages 554-559

  Rylander, R ^b   Lockwood, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO;

BYSSINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; TEA; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WORKER;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; BYSSINOSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM; HUMAN; PLANTS, TOXIC; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TEA; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TOBACCO; WOOL;

EID: 0017658877     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0002889778507669     Document Type: Article

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