Organic dust toxic syndrome at a grass seed plant caused by exposure to high concentrations of bioaerosols

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 777-788

  Madsen, Anne M ^a   Tendal, Kira ^a   Schlünssen, Vivi ^b   Heltberg, Ivar ^c  

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

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Department of Occupational and Environmental Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

(1 3) D glucan; endotoxin; hyphal fragments; ODTS; toxic alveolitis

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOAEROSOLS; COLONY FORMING UNITS; ENDOTOXIN; EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT; EXPOSURE SOURCES; GRASS SEEDS; HEALTH EXAMINATIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HYPHAL FRAGMENTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS; ODTS; ORGANIC DUSTS; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; SINGLE COMPONENTS; TOXIC ALVEOLITIS;

AEROSOLS; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA; DUST;

SEED;

ENDOTOXIN;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DENMARK; DUST; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; SYNDROME;

AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BACTERIA; DENMARK; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FUNGI; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POACEAE; SEEDS; SPORES, FUNGAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 84865043934     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mes012     Document Type: Article

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