Health hazards and inhalatory exposures in poultry farming;Aérocontaminants et morbidité chez les éleveurs de volailles

Archives des Maladies Professionnelles et de l'Environnement

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-168

  Guillam, M T ^a   Claude, C ^b   Dewitte, J D ^b   Michel, V ^c   Segala C ^a  

^a SEPIA Sante   (France)

^b CHU MORVAN   (France)

^c Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Endotoxins; Organic dust; Poultry farming

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249096149     PISSN: 17758785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1775-8785(07)88913-2     Document Type: Article

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