Identification of risk factors for sub-optimal housing conditions in Australian piggeries: Part 1. Study justification and design

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-20

  Banhazi, Thomas M ^a   Seedorf, Jens ^b   Rutley, David L ^a   Pitchford, Wayne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airbone pollutants; Environmental survey; Farm building; Risk factors; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; AUSTRALIA; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 39549113466     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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