The variability of bacterial aerosol in poultry houses depending on selected factors

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-293

  Bródka, Karolina ^a   Kozajda, Anna ^a   Buczyńska, Alina ^a   Szadkowska Stańczyk, Irena ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bacterial aerosol; Health risks; Occupational exposure; Poultry breeding

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BREEDING; EXPOSURE; GRAM NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; POULTRY;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; BREEDING; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; POULTRY;

EID: 84864069811     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/S13382-012-0032-8     Document Type: Article

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