Workplace exposure to bioaerosols in podiatry clinics

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 746-753

  Coggins, Marie A ^a   Hogan, Victoria J ^a   Kelly, Martina ^a   Fleming, Gerard T A ^a   Roberts, Nigel ^a   Tynan, Therese ^a   Thorne, Peter S ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol; Endotoxin; Podiatry

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE BACTERIA; BIOAEROSOLS; BREATHING ZONES; CASCADE IMPACTORS; CONTROL MEASURES; DUST SUPPRESSION; ENDOTOXIN; GEOMETRIC MEAN; HEALTH AND SAFETY; INHALABLE DUST; LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION SYSTEM; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; PILOT STUDIES; PODIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RESPIRABLE FRACTIONS; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESPONSE RATE; SAMPLE NUMBER; WATER SPRAYS; WORKPLACE EXPOSURE;

AEROSOLS; BACTERIA; DRILLS; EYE PROTECTION; HAZARDS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOLDS; SURVEYS; VENTILATION; YEAST;

MEDICINE;

ENDOTOXIN;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DUST; FUNGUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT STUDY; PODIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YEAST;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BACTERIA; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FUNGI; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT PROJECTS; PODIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; YEASTS;

EID: 84866690553     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer124     Document Type: Article

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