Exposure to culturable microorganisms in paper mills and presence of symptoms associated with infections

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 498-505

  Haug, Terje ^a   Søstrand, Per ^a   Langard, Sverre ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Exposure; Fever; Infection; Micro organism; Paper industry; Paper machine; Symptom

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROORGANISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PAPER INDUSTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; PAPER; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL CULTURE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035986833     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10065     Document Type: Article

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