Health effects associated with exposure to residential organic dust

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 381-385

  Herr, Caroline E W ^a,c   Zur Nieden, Anja ^a   Stilianakis, Nikolaos I ^b   Eikmann, Thomas F ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c Inst of Hyg and Environ Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway irritation; Building hygiene; Exposure to bioaerosols; Indoor microbiological contamination; Mucous membrane irritation (MMI); Odor annoyance; Organic dust; Organic waste; Risk assessment; Skin irritations

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ANNOYANCE; ATOPY; COMPOSTING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME HYGIENE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; ORGANIC DUST; ORGANIC WASTE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SKIN DISEASE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXANTHEMA; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 4944234414     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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