Personal exposure to dust and endotoxin in Robusta and Arabica coffee processing factories in Tanzania

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 173-183

  Sakwari, Gloria ^a,b   Mamuya, Simon H D ^b   Bråtveit, Magne ^a   Larsson, Lennart ^c   Pehrson, Christina ^c   Moen, Bente E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

coffee dust; coffee processing factories; endotoxin; exposure determinants

Indexed keywords

BREATHING ZONES; COFFEE CHERRIES; COFFEE PROCESSING; DETERMINANTS OF EXPOSURE; DUST EMISSION; ENDOTOXIN; EXPOSURE DETERMINANTS; GEOMETRIC MEAN; HIGH EXPOSURES; LIMULUS AMEBOCYTE LYSATE; LINEAR MIXED-EFFECTS MODEL; ORGANIC DUSTS; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; PRE-PROCESSING METHOD; TANZANIA; TOTAL DUSTS; TOTAL VARIANCE; WORK TASK; WORKERS';

FLOW RATE; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PROCESSING; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

DUST;

ENDOTOXIN;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; COFFEE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TANZANIA;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COFFEE; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84874248308     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mes064     Document Type: Article

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