Occupational hygiene in a Finnish drum composting plant

Waste Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 427-433

  Tolvanen, Outi ^a   Nykänen, Jenni ^a   Nivukoski, Ulla ^a   Himanen, Marina ^a   Veijanen, Anja ^a   Hänninen, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALCOHOLS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COMPOSTING; ESTERS; MICROORGANISMS; TOXIC MATERIALS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE TREATMENT;

BIOWASTES; DRUM COMPOSTING PLANTS; OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE; SOURCE-SEPARATED CATERING WASTE;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ENDOTOXIN; ESTER; KETONE; TERPENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; COMPOSTING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DUST; FINLAND; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MICROORGANISM; NAUSEA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODOR; OLFACTOMETER; ORGANIC WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

EID: 18144410209     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2005.02.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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