Workers' exposure to dust, endotoxin and β-(1-3) glucan at four large-scale composting facilities

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 423-430

  Sykes, P ^a   Morris, R H K ^a   Allen, J A ^a   Wildsmith, J D ^a   Jones, K P ^a  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENDOTOXINS; BIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS; COMPOSTING FACILITIES; COMPOSTING SITE; DOSE RESPONSE; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; DUST LEVELS; INHALABLE DUST; MANUAL SORTING; OPERATIONAL PRACTICES; POTENTIAL RISKS; PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES; REGULATORY LEVEL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); WASTE TREATMENT;

DUST;

1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; ENDOTOXIN;

COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DUST; ENZYME; HEALTH IMPACT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TOXIN; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; GRAVIMETRY; HUMAN; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORGANIC DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORKER;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BETA-GLUCANS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79151471615     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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