Variety in dustiness and hygiene quality of peat bedding

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-59

  Airaksinen, Sanna ^a   Heiskanen, Minna Liisa ^a   Heinonen Tanski, Helvi ^a   Laitinen, Juha ^b   Laitinen, Sirpa ^b   Linnainmaa, Markku ^b   Rautiala, Sirpa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Actinomycete; Bedding; Dust; Endotoxin; Fungi; Horse; Occupational exposure; Peat moss

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; PEAT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FUNGUS; HORSE; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; SPHAGNUM;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FINLAND; FUNGI; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; HYGIENE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK FACTORS; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRYOPHYTA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FUNGI; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 21544473565     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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