Health effects associated with indoor storage of organic waste

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 90-96

  Herr, Caroline E ^a   zur Nieden, Anja ^a   Stilianakis, Nikolaos I ^b   Gieler, Uwe ^a   Eikmann, Thomas F ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building hygiene; Indoor microbiological contamination; Organic waste; Risk assessment; Skin irritations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC WASTE; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN IRRITATION; SOCIAL HYGIENE; STORAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 1342304899     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-003-0489-7     Document Type: Article

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