Determinants of microbial exposure in grain farming

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 581-592

  Halstensen, A S ^a,b   Nordby, K C ^a   Wouters, I M ^c   Eduard, W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(1 3) glucan; Endotoxin; Fungal spores; Grain work; Hyphae; Inhalable dust; Microbial exposure determinants; Personal exposure

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AGRICULTURE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DUST; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MICROFLUIDICS; POLYSACCHARIDES; BACTERIA; DAMAGE DETECTION; DIGITAL STORAGE; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; FUNGI; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS;

AIRBORNE DUSTS; CLIMATIC DATA; FUNGAL SPORES; GLUCANS; GRAIN YIELD (GY); GROWTH SEASONS; H IGH CONCENTRATIONS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PERSONAL EXPOSURES;

GRAIN GROWTH;

ENDOTOXIN; GLUCAN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AGRICULTURE; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CLIMATE; DATA ANALYSIS; DUST EXPOSURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STORAGE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WEATHER; AIR POLLUTANT; BACTERIUM; CROP; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BACTERIA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WEATHER;

ENDOTOXIN; EXPOSURE DETERMINANTS; FUNGAL SPORES; HYPHAE; INHALABLE DUST; PERSONAL EXPOSURES;

EID: 42049095586     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mem038     Document Type: Article

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