Evaluation of respiratory effects related to high-pressure cleaning in a piggery with and without robot pre-cleaning

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 376-383

  Hiel, Deline ^a   Von Schéele, Ida ^a   Sundblad, Britt Marie ^a   Larsson, Kjell ^a   Palmberg, Lena ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Organic dust; Robot

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; NITRIC OXIDE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; DUST; HEALTH IMPACT; NITRIC OXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PIG; PRESSURE EFFECT; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; ROBOTICS; SYMPTOM; TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL COUNT; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE MUCUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORGANIC DUST; PIG FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; ROBOTICS; AIR PRESSURE; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH PRESSURE WATER JET; NASAL LAVAGE; NEUTROPHIL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SYMPTOM; TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SWINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; NITRIC OXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; ROBOTICS; SWINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349918260     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1347     Document Type: Article

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