Health problems of garbage collectors in Istanbul

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 293-301

  Issever, Halim ^a   Gul, Hulya ^a   Erelel, Mustafa ^a   Erkan, Feyza ^a   Gungor, Gunay Yilmaz ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Garbage workers; Household waste; Respiratory functions; Solid waste

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM; CALCULATION; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; EVALUATION; EXPIRED AIR; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROORGANISM; MUCOR; MYCELIUM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHIZOPUS; SPIROMETER; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WASTE DISPOSAL; WORKER; YEAST;

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; MUCOR; PENICILLIUM; RHIZOPUS;

EID: 0036437696     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066524     Document Type: Article

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