Dustiness of chopped straw as affected by lignosulfonate as a dust suppressant

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-140

  Breum, Niels Oluf ^a,c   Nielsen, Birgitte Herbert ^a,d   Lyngbye, Merete ^b   Midtgård, Uffe ^a  

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

^b National Committee for Pig Production   (Denmark)

^c Danish Labour Inspection Service   (Denmark)

^d DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dustiness; Endotoxin; Fungi; Lignosulfonate; Straw

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DUST CONTROL; FUNGUS GROWTH; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; STRAW;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FUNGI; HORDEUM; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LIGNIN; LIMULUS TEST; PILOT PROJECTS;

FUNGI; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0033405930     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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