Exposure to dust and endotoxin of employees in cucumber and tomato nurseries

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-138

  Madsen, A M ^a   Hansen, V M ^a,b   Nielsen, S H ^a   Olsen, T T ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cucumber; Endotoxin; Exposure; Greenhouse; Harvest; Inhalable dust; Tomato

Indexed keywords

CUCUMBER; ENDOTOXIN; EXPOSURE; HARVEST; INHALABLE DUST; TOMATO;

DUST; GREENHOUSES; HARVESTING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FRUITS;

ENDOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CUCUMBER; DUST EXPOSURE; EMPLOYEE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GREENHOUSE; HARVEST PERIOD; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; TOMATO; AEROSOL; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; DISEASE CARRIER; DUST; EXPOSURE; MICROBIOLOGY;

AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURE; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 65349084950     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/men073     Document Type: Article

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