Impact of agricultural practices on microbiology of hay, silage and flour on finnish and French farms

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 267-273

  Reboux, Gabriel ^a,c   Reiman, Marjut ^b   Roussel, Sandrine ^a   Taattola, Kirsti ^b   Millon, Laurence ^a   Dalphin, Jean Charles ^a   Piarroux, Renaud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Agricultural practices; Exposure; Farm work; Fungi; Hay

Indexed keywords

ABSIDIA; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; FLOUR; FRANCE; HAY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; RHODOTORULA; SILAGE;

ABSIDIA; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMAL FEED; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROTIALES; FARMER'S LUNG; FINLAND; FRANCE; MICROMONOSPORACEAE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA; SALTS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ABSIDIA CORYMBIFERA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); EUROTIUM; FUNGI; RHODOTORULA (ERYTHROBASIDIUM CLADE); WALLEMIA SEBI;

EID: 33845426804     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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