Exposure to grain dust in Great Britain

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-36

  Spankie, Sally ^a   Cherrie, John W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

endotoxin; exposure estimation; exposure modelling; grain dust; inhalable dust; inhalation exposure

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; EXPOSURE ESTIMATION; EXPOSURE MODELLING; GRAIN DUST; INHALABLE DUST; INHALATION EXPOSURE;

EXPOSURE CONTROLS; INDUSTRY; PUBLISHING; SILICA;

DUST;

ENDOTOXIN;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CEREAL; DUST; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CEREALS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84856251171     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer084     Document Type: Article

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