Exposure to bioaerosols and noise at a Finnish dry waste treatment plant

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 346-357

  Tolvanen, Outi K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Dry water; Dust; Endotoxins; Fungi; Microbes; Noise; Wmr 659 6

Indexed keywords

DUST; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE; PROCESSING HALL; WASTE TREATMENT PLANTS;

AEROSOLS;

ENDOTOXIN;

NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; FINLAND; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MEASUREMENT; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FINLAND; HUMIDITY; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TEMPERATURE; WOOD;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); FUNGI;

EID: 7244224810     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X04045427     Document Type: Article

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