Occupational exposure to particulate matter and endotoxin for California dairy workers

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-62

  Garcia, Johnny ^a   Bennett, Deborah H ^a   Tancredi, Daniel ^a   Schenker, Marc B ^a   Mitchell, Diane ^a   Reynolds, Stephen J ^b   Mitloehner, Frank M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Concentrated animal feeding operations; Dairy; Endotoxin; Occupational exposure; PM

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84870249512     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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