Legionella in sprinkling water as a potential occupational risk factor for gardeners

Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 261-264

  Stojek, Nimfa Maria ^a   Dutkiewicz, Jacek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gardeners; Greenhouses; Legionella; Occupational exposure; Sprinklers; Water

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GREENHOUSE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036912269     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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