Dustiness of compostable waste: A methodological approach to quantify the potential of waste to generate airborne micro-organisms and endotoxin

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-187

  Breum, Niels O ^a   Nielsen, Birgitte H ^a   Nielsen, Eva M ^a   Midtgaard, Uffe ^a   Poulsen, Otto M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bio aerosol; Compostable waste; Denmark; Dustiness; Endotoxin; Fungi; Rotating drum tester; Temperature; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; BACTERIA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUNGI;

BIO AEROSOL; COMPOSTABLE WASTE; ENDOTOXIN;

REFUSE COLLECTION;

ENDOTOXIN;

AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; COMPOSTING; DENMARK; DUST EXPOSURE; KITCHEN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

EID: 0031128415     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/wmre.1996.0074     Document Type: Article

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