Effects of bioaerosol exposure on work-related symptoms among Swiss sawmill workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 415-421

  Rusca, S ^b   Charriere N ^a   Droz, P O ^a   Oppliger, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Cimo   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Airborne fungi; Endotoxin; Lung function; Occupational health; Sawmill workers; Wood dust

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ARTICLE; CHAIN SAW OPERATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINORRHEA; SAWDUST; SNORING; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BACTERIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; WOOD;

FUNGI;

EID: 38049107724     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0228-6     Document Type: Article

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