Exposure to aerosolized bacteria and fungi among collectors of commercial, mixed residential, recyclable and compostable waste

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 370, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-28

  Lavoie, Jacques ^a   Dunkerley, Christopher J ^b   Kosatsky, Tom ^c   Dufresne, Andre ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ROBERT SAUVÉ EN SANTÉ ET EN SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL   (Canada)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioaerosols; Exposure characterization; Fungi; Waste collection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUNGI; HAZARDS; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES;

BIOAEROSOLS; EXPOSURE CHARACTERIZATION; WASTE COLLECTION;

REFUSE COMPOSTING;

AEROSOL; BACTERIUM; FUNGUS; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLID WASTE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREATHING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPOSTING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; GLOVE; HUMAN; MASK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RURAL AREA; SOLID WASTE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FUNGI; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUEBEC; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 33748964128     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.05.016     Document Type: Article

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