Respiratory issues in beef and pork production: Recommendations from an expert panel

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 216-225

  von Essen, Susanna ^a   Moore, Gordon ^b   Gibbs, Shawn ^a   Larson, Kerry Leedom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Hitch Enterprises   (United States)

^c Pork Checkoff   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DUST; GAS MASK; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SAFETY; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LUNG DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 77955000501     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2010.486283     Document Type: Article

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