Comparison of workplace protection factors for different biological contaminants

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 417-425

  Jacobcho, Kyungmin ^a   Reponen, Tiina ^a   McKay, Roy ^a   Dwivedi, Alok ^a   Adhikari, Atin ^a   Singh, Umesh ^a   Shukla, Rakesh ^a   Jones, Susan ^b   Jones, Gordon ^b   Grinshpun, Sergey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bioaerosol; Respirator; Workplace protection factor

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BETA GLUCAN; BETA-1,3-D-GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FILTRATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GAS MASK; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BETA-GLUCANS; ENDOTOXINS; FILTRATION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 80155175162     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2011.585094     Document Type: Article

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