Short term exposure to airborne microbial agents during farm work: Exposure-response relations with eye and respiratory symptoms

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-118

  Eduard, W ^a   Douwes, J ^b,c   Mehl, R ^d   Heederik, D ^b   Melbostad, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bioaerosols; Exposure; Exposure response; Fungal spores; Respiratory effects; Work related symptoms

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ENDOTOXIN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; COUGHING; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MITE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORGANIC DUST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ACARI; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PENICILLIUM;

EID: 0035126505     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.58.2.113     Document Type: Article

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