Analysis of dust samples from urban and rural occupational environments in Croatia

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-332

  Macan, Jelena ^a   Kanceljak Macan, Božica ^a   Mustač, Marko ^b   Milković Kraus, Sanja ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b Occupational Health Practice ^*  (Croatia)

Author keywords

Acaridae; Agricultural workers; Allergens; Dust mites; Fishermen; Occupational exposure; Occupational hazard; Pyroglyphidae

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DUST; FISHERMAN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROSCOPY; MITE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CROATIA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MITES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ACARI; ACARIDAE; ANIMALIA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 29044438783     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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