Airborne microorganisms associated with grain handling

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-15

  Swan, Julian R M ^a   Crook, Brian ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioaerosol exposure; Fungi; Grain dust

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FARMER LUNG; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GRAIN DUST; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BACTERIA; CEREALS; DUST; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SHIPS;

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

EID: 0031799978     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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