Exposure levels of airborne bacteria and fungi in Korean swine and poultry sheds

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 140-146

  Jo, Wan Kuen ^a   Kang, Jung Hwan ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol; Livestock shed; Stock farmers' exposure

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; HUMAN; KOREA; LIVESTOCK; MASK; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY FARMING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; SWINE; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BACTERIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PENICILLIUM; POULTRY; SEASON;

ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; SUS SCROFA;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA; CLADOSPORIUM; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; KOREA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENICILLIUM; POULTRY; SEASONS; SWINE;

EID: 33751183261     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.60.3.140-146     Document Type: Article

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