Determinants of culturable bioaerosol concentrations in dairy barns

Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-194

  Lange, Jeffrey L ^a   Thorne, Peter S ^a   Kullman, Gregory J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Bioaerosols; Dairy farming; Occupational exposure; Organic dusts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042916545     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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