Microbial exposure assessment in sawmill, livestock feed industry, and metal working fluids handling industry

Safety and Health at Work

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-191

  Park, Hyunhee ^a   Park, Haedong ^a   Lee, Inseop ^a  

^a Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bioaerosols; Biological agents; Endotoxin; Livestock feed industry; Microbial risk; Sawmill

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879111021     PISSN: 20937911     EISSN: 20937997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5491/SHAW.2010.1.2.183     Document Type: Article

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