Health effects of exposure to endotoxins and organic dust in poultry slaughter-house workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 159-164

  Hagmar, Lars ^a   Schütz, Andrejs ^a   Hallberg, Torgny ^a   Sjöholm, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Complement factors; Endotoxins; Lung volume measurements; Poultry dust

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; ORGANIC MATTER;

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIRD; DUST; FUNGUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ABATTOIRS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ANIMAL; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POULTRY; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 0025020633     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: 14321246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00383592     Document Type: Article

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