Protecting poultry workers from exposure to avian influenza viruses

Public Health Reports

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 316-322

  MacMahon, Kathleen L ^a   Delaney, Lisa J ^a   Kullman, Greg ^a   Gibbins, John D ^a   Decker, John ^a,b   Kiefer, Max J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AVIAN INFLUENZA; EYE PROTECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MASK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 51149090604     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490812300311     Document Type: Review

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