Occupational exposure to organic dust, microorganisms, endotoxin and peptidoglycan among plants processing workers in Poland

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-150

  Góra, Anna ^a   Mackiewicz, Barbara ^b   Krawczyk, Paweł ^b   Golec, Marcin ^a   Skórska, Czesława ^a   Sitkowska, Jolanta ^a   Cholewa, Grayna ^a   Larsson, Lennart ^c   Jarosz, Mirosław ^a   Wójcik Fatla, Angelina ^a   Dutkiewicz, Jacek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agricultural industry; Bioaerosols; Endotoxin; Microorganisms; Organic dust; Peptidoglycan; Plant processing

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC DUST; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; POLAND; RHODOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLAND;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CURTOBACTERIUM PUSILLUM; FUNGI; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; MICROBACTERIUM; MICROBACTERIUM TESTACEUM; MUCOR; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PENICILLIUM; POSIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS FASCIANS; SANGUIBACTER KEDDIEII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 67650875925     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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