Exposure to inhalable dust and endotoxin among danish pig farmers affected by work tasks and stable characteristics

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1005-1019

  Basinas, Ioannis ^a   Schlünssen, Vivi ^a   Takai, Hisamitsu ^a   Heederik, Dick ^b   Omland, Øyvind ^a,c   Wouters, Inge M ^b   Sigsgaard, Torben ^a   Kromhout, Hans ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Determinants of exposure; Dust; Endotoxin; Pig farmers; Variability

Indexed keywords

DETERMINANTS OF EXPOSURE; ENDOTOXIN; EXPOSURE CONCENTRATION; HIGH-PRESSURE WATER; LIMULUS AMEBOCYTE LYSATE; PIG FARMERS; STABLE CHARACTERISTICS; VARIABILITY;

AGRICULTURE; FEEDING; FLOORS; MAMMALS;

DUST;

ENDOTOXIN;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BUILDING; DENMARK; DETERMINANTS OF EXPOSURE; DUST; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PIG FARMERS; STATISTICS; SWINE; VARIABILITY;

DETERMINANTS OF EXPOSURE; DUST; ENDOTOXIN; PIG FARMERS; VARIABILITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DENMARK; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SWINE; VENTILATION;

EID: 84885973277     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/met029     Document Type: Article

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