A task-specific assessment of swine worker exposure to airborne dust

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-13

  O'Shaughnessy, Patrick T ^a   Donham, Kelley J ^a   Peters, Thomas M ^a   Taylor, Craig ^a   Altmaier, Ralph ^a   Kelly, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol photometers; Agricultural production; Taskbased analysis

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SAMPLER; SOW (SWINE); SPRING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUMMER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; WEANING; WINTER; WORK; WORKER;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETRY; SWINE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 71949120713     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620903327970     Document Type: Article

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