Dustiness and bio-aerosol exposure in sorting recyclable paper

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 100-108

  Breum, Niels O ^a   Würtz, Helle ^a   Midtgaard, Uffe ^a   Ebbehøj, Niels ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bio aerosol; Dustiness; Endotoxin; Fungi; Household waste; Mail sorting; Recycling of paper

Indexed keywords

BIO-AEROSOLS; RECYCLABLE PAPER;

DUST; MICROORGANISMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RECYCLING; WASTE UTILIZATION;

WASTE PAPER;

ENDOTOXIN;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DUST; FUNGUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0344348942     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3070.1999.00008.x     Document Type: Article

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