β (1→ 3)-glucan aerosols in different occupational environments

Aerobiologia

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 345-351

  Cyprowski, Marcin ^a,b   Sowiak, Magorzata ^a   Szadkowska Stańczyk, Irena ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

; ( 3) glucan; Fungi; Inhalable dust; Metal industry; Waste composting plant; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

BETA(1-3) GLUCAN; GLUCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOAEROSOL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; FUNGAL VIABILITY; FUNGUS; METAL INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

FUNGI;

EID: 84855245347     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: 15733025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-011-9201-7     Document Type: Article

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