Organic dust exposures from work in dairy barns

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 403-413

  Kullman, G J ^a   Thorne, P S ^b   Waldron, P F ^b   Marx, J J ^c   Ault, B ^c   Lewis, D M ^a   Siegel, P D ^a   Olenchock, S A ^a   Merchant, J A ^b  

^a ALOSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Bioaerosol; Dairy barns; Endotoxin; Histamine; Organic dust

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANTIGEN; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENDOTOXIN; HISTAMINE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IRRITANT AGENT;

AGRICULTURE; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; DUST EXPOSURE; FUNGUS SPORE; MITE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC DUST; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 0031803436     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119891010668     Document Type: Article

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