Exposure to flour dust in South African supermarket bakeries: Modeling of baseline measurements of an intervention study

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 309-318

  Baatjies, Roslynn ^a,b   Meijster, Tim ^c,d   Lopata, Andreas ^b,e   Sander, Ingrid ^f   Raulf Heimsoth, Monika ^f   Heederik, Dick ^d   Jeebhay, Mohamed ^b  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergen; Bakery; Exposure assessment; Exposure modeling; Flour; Fungal alpha amylase; Rye; Wheat

Indexed keywords

BREAD BAKING; CEREAL FLOURS; CONTROL MEASURES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE METRICS; EXPOSURE MODELING; FLOUR DUST; FULL-SHIFT; GEOMETRIC MEAN; INHALABLE DUST; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOWER CORRELATION; MIXED-EFFECT MODELS; PARTICULATE MASS; RANDOM EFFECTS; REDUCING DUSTS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

ALLERGIES; ANTIGENS; DUST CONTROL; HEALTH RISKS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RETAIL STORES;

BAKERIES;

ALLERGEN; AMYLASE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAD; COOKING; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPOSURE; FLOUR; FOOD INDUSTRY; FUNGUS; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ALPHA-AMYLASES; ASTHMA; BREAD; COOKING; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOUR; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FUNGI; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77950537971     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meq005     Document Type: Article

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