Work tasks as determinants of grain dust and microbial exposure in the norwegian grain and compound feed industry

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 724-736

  Straumfors, Anne ^a   Heldal, Kari Kulvik ^a   Wouters, Inge M ^b   Eduard, Wijnand ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Endotoxin; Exposure assessment; Fungal spores; Grain industry; 1 3 glucans

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLEANING; DUST CONTROL; ELEVATORS; FUNGI; GRAIN ELEVATORS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

ENDOTOXIN; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE REDUCTION; FUNGAL SPORES; GRAIN INDUSTRY; MICROBIAL CONTENTS; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PROCESS CONTROLLING;

PROCESS CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTANT; BETA GLUCAN; DUST; ENDOTOXIN;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL FOOD; BACTERIUM; DEVICES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; FOOD GRAIN; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; WORKPLACE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMAL FEED; BACTERIA; BETA-GLUCANS; DUST; EDIBLE GRAIN; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SPORES, FUNGAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84941568794     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mev012     Document Type: Article

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