Factors affecting vegetable growers' exposure to fungal bioaerosols and airborne dust

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 170-181

  Hansen, Vinni M ^a,b   Meyling, Nicolai Vitt ^b   Winding, Anne ^c   Eilenberg, Jørgen ^b   Madsen, Anne Mette ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Air sampling; Beta glucan; Bioaerosols; Exposure assessment; Fungi; Glasshouse; Glucan; Occupational environment

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; BETA-GLUCANS; BIOAEROSOLS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; GLASSHOUSE; GLUCAN; OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGRICULTURE; DUST; FUNGI; GREENHOUSES; HARVESTING; PACKING PLANTS; VEGETABLES;

AEROSOLS;

BETA GLUCAN;

AEROSOL; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLANT LEAF; VEGETABLE;

AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURE; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BETA-GLUCANS; DENMARK; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLANT LEAVES; SPORES, FUNGAL; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84857257597     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer090     Document Type: Article

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