Assessment of Korean farmer's exposure level to dust in pig buildings

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-58

  Kim, Ki Youn ^a   Ko, Han Jong ^b   Kim, Yoon Shin ^a   Kim, Chi Nyon ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Jeju Provincial Government   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dust; Korean farmer; Pig building; Threshold limit values

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; DUST; HUMAN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH KOREA;

AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DUST; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; KOREA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; SWINE; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES;

SUIDAE;

EID: 46349111510     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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