Assessment of exposure to organic dust in a hemp processing plant

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 577-583

  Fishwick, David ^a,b   Allan, Lisa J ^a   Wright, Anthony ^c   Curran, Andrew D ^a,b  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Occup Environm Lung Injury Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dust; Endotoxin; Hemp; Micro organism exposure; Occupational lung disease; Personal monitoring; Protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FUNGI; HEMP; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MICROORGANISMS; PROTEINS;

ENDOTOXIN;

HEALTH CARE;

CANNABIS; ENDOTOXIN; PROTEIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INHALATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CANNABIS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEINS;

EID: 0034807890     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(01)00013-8     Document Type: Article

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