Bioaerosol in composting facilities: Occupational health risk assessment

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 866-877

  Schlosser, Olivier ^a   Huyard, Alain ^a   Cartnick, Keith ^b   Yañez, Adela ^c   Catalán, Vicente ^c   Quang, Zdravka Do ^a  

^a CIRSEE   (France)

^b United Water   (United States)

^c Labaqua   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air microbiology; Allergens; Bioaerosol; Composting; Endotoxin; Health; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR CLEANERS; ALLERGENS; COMPOSTING; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; PERSONNEL TRAINING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOAEROSOLS; COMPOSTING FACILITIES; EDUCATION AND TRAINING; ENDOTOXIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENTS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RISK; PERFORMING MAINTENANCE;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ALLERGEN; ENDOTOXIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BACTERIUM; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; COMPOSTING; FUNGUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TOXIN; TRAINING;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOMA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MOULD; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIC DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOIL; STANDARD; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK FACTORS; SOIL;

EID: 70449701930     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143009X407258     Document Type: Article

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