Farmers' exposure to dusts and gases in modern Finnish cubicle cow houses

Agricultural and Food Science in Finland

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-217

  Louhelainen, Kyösti ^a   Kangas, Juhani ^a   Reiman, Marjut ^a   Kalliokoski, Pentti ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Airborne health hazards; Allergens; Micro organisms

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; FUNGI;

EID: 0031511993     PISSN: 12390992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23986/afsci.72784     Document Type: Article

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