Occupational exposure to airborne fungi and bacteria in a sorting source-separated packages household waste plant;Exposición laboral a hongos y bacterias ambientales en una planta de selección de residuos de envases

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-135

  Solans Lampurlanés, Xavier ^a,c   Alonso, Rosa María ^a   Constans, Angelina ^a   Mansilla, Alfonso ^b  

^a Ctro Nac de Condiciones de Trabajo   (Spain)

^b Ferrovial Agroman   (Spain)

^c Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol exposure; Biological agents; Occupational exposure; Sorting source separated packages

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ARTICLE; CLADOSPORIUM; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENICILLIUM; SERRATIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLADOSPORIUM; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA; NEGIBACTERIA; PENICILLIUM; SERRATIA;

EID: 34347385806     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1130-1406(07)70028-1     Document Type: Article

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