A molecular typing approach for evaluating bioaerosol exposure in wastewater treatment plant workers

Water Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1375-1378

  Orsini, M ^a   Laurenti, P ^a   Boninti, F ^a   Arzani, D ^a   Ianni, A ^a   Romano Spica, V ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

AP PCR; Bioaerosol; Molecular biology; Wastewater treatment plants

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CONTAMINATION; HEALTH RISKS; PERSONNEL;

MOLECULAR TYPING;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MOUTH CANCER; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONNEL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0036180917     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(01)00336-0     Document Type: Article

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