Exposure assessment of airborne contaminants in the indoor environment of irish swine farms

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 323-326

  Mc Donnell, Patricia E ^a   Coggins, Marie A ^a   Hogan, Victoria J ^a   Fleming, Gerard T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Carbon dioxide; Endotoxin; Occupational exposure; Particulates; Swine

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENDOTOXIN;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; IRELAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PIG FARMING; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AMMONIA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; IRELAND; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 57449088404     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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