Field comparison of inhalable and total dust samplers for assessing airborne dust in swine confinement barns

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 694-701

  Predicala, Bernardo Z ^a   Maghirang, Ronaldo G ^a  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

Author keywords

37 mm Cassette; Aerosol; Inhalable; IOM; Organic Dust; Particulate; Sampling; Swine

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PIG FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DUST; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; KANSAS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; SWINE;

EID: 0042693090     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220301375     Document Type: Article

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