Working conditions and exposure to dust and bioaerosols in sisal processing factories in tanzania

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 165-173

  Kayumba, Akwilina V ^a,b   Bråtveit, Magne ^a   Mashalla, Yohana ^c   Baste, Valborg ^d   Eduard, Wijnand ^e   Moen, Bente E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Tanzania Occupational Health Services   (United States)

^c Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIFOB AS   (Norway)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bioaerosols; Checklist; Exposure assessment; Exposure variability; Sisal; Walkthrough survey

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AGAVE; ARTICLE; DUST; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TANZANIA;

AEROSOLS; AGAVE; DUST; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TANZANIA;

EID: 61549141089     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620802683044     Document Type: Article

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