Health effects of occupational exposure in a dairy food industry, with a specific assessment of exposure to airborne lactic acid bacteria

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 969-973

  Zeilfelder, Bernd ^a   Chouanière, Dominique ^a,c   Reboux, Gabriel ^b   Vacheyrou, Mallory ^b   Milon, Antoine ^a   Wild, Pascal ^a   Oppliger, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

ADULT; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DUST EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE IRRITATION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INHALATION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MILK; NOSE IRRITATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SKIN IRRITATION; STREPTOCOCCUS; THROAT IRRITATION; WORKER;

ADULT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FEMALE; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; LACTOBACILLALES; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865469849     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318253358f     Document Type: Article

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