Assessment of swine worker exposures to dust and endotoxin during hog load-out and power washing

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 843-851

  O'Shaughnessy, Patrick ^a   Peters, Thomas ^a   Donham, Kelley ^a   Taylor, Craig ^a   Altmaier, Ralph ^a   Kelly, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

endotoxin; finishing building; impinger; power washing; swine

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS; AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS; AIRBORNE DUSTS; ENDOTOXIN; ENGINEERING CONTROLS; EXPOSURE-TIME; FIELD MEASUREMENT; HIGH PRESSURE; IMPINGER; MASS CONCENTRATION; REGULATORY LIMIT; SWINE; TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGES; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES; WORK TASK; WORKER EXPOSURE;

BUILDINGS; DEBRIS; DUST; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION;

WASHING;

ENDOTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; DUST; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865035066     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mes013     Document Type: Article

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