Assessment of exposures to bioaerosols among poultry feed plant workers

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2051-2055

  Ghasemkhani, M ^a   Karimi Daini, A ^a   Eshraghi, S ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioaerosol; Exposure; Physical measurements; Poultry

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA CONCENTRATIONS; BIOAEROSOLS; EXPOSURE; MEASURE CONCENTRATION; PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIS; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

AEROSOLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OFFICE BUILDINGS; POULTRY;

BACTERIA;

EID: 33749584700     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.2051.2055     Document Type: Article

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