Virus occupational exposure in solid waste processing facilities

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1115-1127

  Carducci, Annalaura ^a   Federigi, Ileana ^a   Verani, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Occupational exposure; Viruses; Waste collection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE; INCINERATION PLANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLID WASTE PROCESSING; WASTE COLLECTION;

CELL CULTURE; COMPUTER VIRUSES; FUNGI; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INCINERATION; LAND FILL; LEAD ACID BATTERIES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLID WASTES; VIRUSES;

WASTE INCINERATION;

VIRUS DNA;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SOLID WASTE; VIRUS; WASTE COLLECTION; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VIRUSES; WASTE COLLECTION;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DNA, VIRAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; ITALY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SOLID WASTE; VIRUSES; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84891287419     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/met043     Document Type: Article

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