Silo gas exposure in New York State following the dry growing season of 1995

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-38

  Pavelchak, N ^a   Church, L ^b   Roerig, S ^c   London, M ^a   Welles, W ^a   Casey, G ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b BASSETT HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c E New York Occup Environ Hlth C   (United States)

Author keywords

Ag bag; Nitrogen Dioxide; Silo Gas; Silo Filler's disease

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; CORN; FERMENTATION; GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NEW YORK; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SEASONS;

EID: 0032997786     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104732299303395     Document Type: Article

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