Quantification of air contaminants at a municipal sewage sludge composting facility

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 190-194

  Darragh, Alexander H ^a   Buchan, Roy M ^a   Sandfort, Del R ^a   Coleman, Robert O ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; COMPOSTING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0030911889     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1997.10389487     Document Type: Article

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