Bioaerosols from municipal and animal wastes: Background and contemporary issues

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 681-696

  Pillai, Suresh D ^a   Ricke, Steven C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal wastes; Bioaerosols; Biosolids; Health risks; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURE; DUST; HEALTH RISKS; MICROORGANISMS; PATHOLOGY; WASTE TREATMENT;

BIOAEROSOLS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ALLERGEN; ENDOTOXIN;

AEROSOL; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH; WASTE;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL HEALTH; DUST; FILTRATION; GRAVITY; HEALTH HAZARD; LIVESTOCK; MICROSCOPY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANURE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE; URBAN HEALTH;

ANIMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0036433685     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w02-070     Document Type: Review

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