Mechanical-biological waste treatment and the associated occupational hygiene in Finland

Waste Management

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1119-1125

  Tolvanen, Outi K ^a   Hänninen, Kari I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC TREATMENT; KITCHEN BIOWASTES; MECHANICAL SORTING; WASTE CRUSHING;

BIOREACTORS; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH HAZARDS; SEPARATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

WASTE TREATMENT;

ENDOTOXIN;

BIOREACTORS; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH HAZARDS; SEPARATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

DOMESTIC WASTE; HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; COMPOSTING; COUGHING; DRY DEPOSITION; DUST; ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINLAND; HEALTH HAZARD; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MASK; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FINLAND; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TEMPERATURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33747342959     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2005.07.020     Document Type: Article

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