Occupational hygiene in terms of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and bioaerosols at two solid waste management plants in Finland

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 964-973

  Lehtinen, Jenni ^a   Tolvanen, Outi ^a   Nivukoski, Ulla ^a   Veijanen, Anja ^a   Hänninen, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioaerosols; Occupational hygiene; Odour; Voc; Waste treatment

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BIOAEROSOLS; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMIT; OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE; ODOUR CONCENTRATIONS; SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS);

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; DUST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISKS; KETONES; MONOTERPENES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; ODORS; SOLID WASTES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE TREATMENT;

AEROSOLS;

2,3 BUTANEDIONE; ACETIC ACID; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ENDOTOXIN; KETONE DERIVATIVE; LIMONENE; PINENE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODOR; SEPARATION; SOLID WASTE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; FINLAND; FUNGAL DETECTION; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AEROSOLS; FINLAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FINLAND;

FUNGI;

EID: 84875812617     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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